Mr. Topaze

Mr. Topaze (1961)

Mr. Topaze 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, a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy, 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 questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.

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  • Release Date: 1961-04-04
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Peter Sellers

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Cast

  • Peter Sellers

    Auguste Topaze

  • Herbert Lom

    Castel Benac

  • Leo McKern

    Muche

  • Michael Gough

    Tamise

  • John Neville

    Roger

  • Martita Hunt

    Baroness

  • Nadia Gray

    Suzy

  • Anne Leon

    Mrs. Tamise

  • Billie Whitelaw

    Ernestine

  • Joan Sims

    Colette

  • John Le Mesurier

    Blackmailer

  • Pauline Shepherd

    Lilette

  • Thomas Gallagher

    Policeman (uncredited)