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The Battle of the Sexes (1959) | User Rating
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Running Time
1 hour, 24 minutes
Country UK
Studio Continental
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Other Titles
• The Battle of the Sexes
• Mr. Miller ist kein Killer (1959)
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Genre: Comedy, Culture Clash, Slapstick, Murder
Plot: THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES is a witty comedy from director Charles Crichton. The House of MacPherson has been supplying Scottish tweeds for years--its weavers make the tweed in their homes on the Scottish islands, and the staff sells it in the company’s Edinburgh premises. When Old MacPherson (Ernest Thesiger) dies, his son, Young MacPherson (Robert Morley), takes over and brings in an efficiency expert. That’s bad enough, but worse, the expert is a woman and, even worse than that, she is an American woman. Horrors. The staff, led by Mr. Martin (Peter Sellers), is aghast. The expert Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings) begins to organize, to streamline, and to make plans to update the company’s manufacturing methods. Young MacPherson is entranced--seduced by the idea of becoming famous for "his" soon-to-be-implemented revolutionary manufacturing methods. However, the ever-deferential Mr. Martin discovers unexpected levels of cunning as he pits his wits against the brash American. THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES is crisply directed by Charles Crichton, with a witty script by Monja Danischewsky, based on a James Thurber story. And Peter Sellers gives a fine performance as the shy, inhibited Mr. Martin, who turns out to be an extraordinary schemer.
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| Written by |
James Thurber
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Señor Preble se libra de su mujer, El | |
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The African Queen, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Great Muppet Caper | | | | Moultrie Kelsall
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Man Who Never Was | |
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| Music By |
Stanley Black
The Day the Earth Caught Fire, The Trollenberg Terror, Summer Holiday |
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