Mr. Topaze
Mr. Topaze
Overview
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
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Cast
Peter Sellers
Herbert Lom
Leo McKern
Michael Gough
John Neville
Martita Hunt
Nadia Gray
Anne Leon
Billie Whitelaw
Joan Sims
John Le Mesurier
Pauline Shepherd
Thomas Gallagher
Crew
Peter Sellers
Ray Freeborn
Pamela Cornell
Terry Knight
Pierre Rouve
John Wilcox
Marcel Pagnol
Donald M. Ashton
