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''The Mouse That Roared'' is a 1955 novel by Irish-American author Leonard Wibberley, which was adapted into a 1959 film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Creator/PeterSellers, Creator/WilliamHartnell and Creator/JeanSeberg.

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''The Mouse That Roared'' is a 1955 novel by Irish-American author Leonard Wibberley, which was adapted into a 1959 film directed by Jack Arnold Arnold, released by Creator/ColumbiaPictures and starring Creator/PeterSellers, Creator/WilliamHartnell and Creator/JeanSeberg.
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%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Peter Sellers, as was so often the case.
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* FictionalFlag: The Duchy of Grand Fenwick has a flag with a double-headed eagle, with one head saying "Aye" and the other saying "Nay". The founder of Grand Fenwick, Sir Roger Fenwick, said that the only thing he learned while attending Oxford University was that an "Aye" could be changed into "Nay" (and vice versa) if enough words were applied.
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* LuxuryPrisonSuite: As mentioned under "Honour before Reason," the Fenwickians treat their POW's very well, to said prisiner's consternation. This is likely a holdover from the Medieval era.

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* LuxuryPrisonSuite: As mentioned under "Honour before Reason," the Fenwickians treat their POW's very well, to said prisiner's prisoners' consternation. This is likely a holdover from the Medieval era.
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* DevelopingNationsLackCities: The Duchy of Grand Fenwick is a micronation in Europe, somewhere between France and Switzerland. It's too small to have a city; its largest settlement is the palace of the ruling monarch, Duchess Gloriana. Fenwick is so poor and backward that their tiny military still uses longbows and arrows.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Duchess Gloriana in the book is a young woman who falls in love with and marries Tully. The movie makes the Duchess significantly older so that she can be played by Peter Sellers, and buds her role as Tully's love interest off into a new character, Helen.
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To prevent the worst, the Fenwickers devise an ingenious plan: To declare war on the USA, get defeated, and then allow themselves to be reimbursed by American subsidies. Soon, a troop of twenty-four longbowmen in mail armor boards a ship to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity with the intent to surrender to the American authorities -- [[SpringtimeForHitler only to run into unexpected obstacles.]]

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To prevent the worst, the Fenwickers devise an ingenious plan: To declare war on the USA, get defeated, and then allow themselves to be reimbursed by American subsidies. Soon, a troop of twenty-four longbowmen in mail armor boards armour board a ship to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity with the intent to surrender to the American authorities -- [[SpringtimeForHitler only to run into unexpected obstacles.]]

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