The Battle of the Sexes

(1960)

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| Film | United Kingdom | B&W | Comedy |
U
| Stars: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings | Director: Charles Crichton

A lady efficiency expert upsets the even tenor of life at an Edinburgh tweed manufactory, and the chief accountant plans to eliminate her

Cast

(28)
Photograph of English actor, Peter Sellers (1)
Mr Martin
Photograph of British actor, Robert Morley (1)
Robert Macpherson
Constance Cummings
Angela Barrows
Jameson Clark
Andrew Darling
Ernest Thesiger
Old Macpherson
Donald Pleasence
Irwin Hoffman
Moultrie Kelsall
Graham
Alex Mackenzie
Robertson
Roddy McMillan
Macleod
Photograph of British actor, Michael Goodliffe (1)
Detective
James Gibson
Nightwatchman
Noel Howlett
Mr White
Abe Barker
Mr Meekie
Gordon Phillott
Mr Munson
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William Mervyn
Detective’s Friend
Norman MacOwan
Jock Munro
MacDonald Parke
‘CJ’
Patricia Hayes
Jeannie Macdougall
Eric Woodburn
Wine Shop Proprietor
Donald Bisset
Tobacconist
Aletha Orr
American Wife
Sydney Keith
American Husband
Meadows White
Delivery Man
Fred Griffiths
1st Porter
Glyn Houston
2nd Porter
Robert Crewdson
Policeman
Anne Sharp
Usherette
Sam Wanamaker
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Reviews

(1)

Sub-Ealing black comedy that tends to misfire despite effort all round. (Halliwell’s)

Production

(3)
Charles Crichton
Director
Monja Danischewsky
Producer / Writer
James Thurber
Writer (short story ‘The Catbird Seat’)