Waltz of the Toreadors DVD 1962 Classic Movie comedy - The Peter Sellers Collection / Directed by John Guillermin / Starring: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, John Fraser, Cyril Cusack

UPC 5037115035936

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: English mono

SUBTITLES: English HOH

TOTAL RUNTIME: 101 MINUTES

English Summary:

Waltz of the Toreadors (also known as The Amorous General) is a 1962 film directed by John Guillermin and starring Peter Sellers and Dany Robin. It was based on the play of the same name by Jean Anouilh with the location changed from France to England. It was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay, in 1963.

The film had its World Premiere on 12 April 1962 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End.

This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all the more bitter as she still loves him. The General has two plain-looking daughters he dislikes and an attractive French mistress, Ghislaine, with whom he has had a platonic affair for seventeen years. When Ghislaine resurfaces, determined to complete her love with him and to get rid of Emily, Leo is at a loss what to do...

Cast

• Peter Sellers as General Leo Fitzjohn
• Dany Robin as Ghislaine
• Margaret Leighton as Emily Fitzjohn
• John Fraser as Lieutenant Robert Finch
• Cyril Cusack as Dr. Grogan
• Prunella Scales as Estella Fitzjohn
• Denise Coffey as Sidonia Fitzjohn
• Jean Anderson as Agnes
• Raymond Huntley as Ackroyd, Court President
• Cardew Robinson as Midgley the Undertaker
• John Glyn-Jones as Jenkins the Innkeeper
• John Le Mesurier as Reverend Grimsley
• Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Emma Bulstrode, Dress Shop Proprietor