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A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
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- TriviaWhen this film appeared in 1960, Peter Sellers had become an internationally-acclaimed star of comedies, but had never been seen in a serious drama like this violent thriller. People were so unused to see him playing someone unpleasant and aggressive that the film was a great critical and financial flop. Sellers himself, perhaps defensively, dismissed his performance sarcastically as "my attempt to be Rod Steiger". However, over the years, the film gained a small, but vociferous cult following and Sellers's work in it has been much praised.
- GoofsAbout five minutes into the film, Cummings (Richard Todd) is looking for his stolen car. One of the shots is "flipped" - the sign for "Berger's Cosmetics" reads backwards.
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Lionel Meadows: I said I told you never to lift anything within five miles of around here! Don't you ever learn?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)
- SoundtracksWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
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Traditional
Arranged and conducted by John Barry
Lyrics by John Maitland
Sung by Adam Faith
Heard over the opening and closing titles
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What a revelation Peter Sellers is here!
Some people have said that he is over the top, but I think that is so only if you consider all of his comedic performances and satires. How can I believe this fellow is the incompetent Clouseau and also wince every time his character in this film walks into a room, expecting him to explode with the violence that is obviously seething in him.
Sellers plays the owner of an auto repair shop that runs a ring of car thieves on the side. Then one day his gang of teen thieves steal the car of John Cummings (Richard Todd). Cummings is a mediocre salesman of cosmetics who has just bought the car but not bought full coverage insurance. He only has liability. So with the cosmetics company's son taking over the practical running of the business and implying that Cummings' job is in danger, and Cummings thinking that this car and being able to get to more places quickly is the secret to holding on to that job, he begins to investigate the crime himself, and soon he is getting very close to the truth.
Meanwhile, he finds out from his wife that she sees him as a perpetual dreamer and failure, and she is OK with that, but she is not OK with him getting mixed up with a bunch of hoods to get his car back, but unfortunately Cummings has focused in on reclaiming his car as a way of proving that he can finish what he starts, that he is not the failure his wife says that he is.
In the middle of this you have a dispassionate police inspector, and a couple of kids in love who have no real options in life. Unfortunately one is Meadows' mistress and the other is one of his gang of thieves.
This thing, on what was probably a shoe-string budget is an incredibly engaging movie. There's great dialogue, a tremendous use of music in ratcheting up the tension, and towards the end I felt like I was watching Marshall Dillon of Gunsmoke (Cummings) steeling himself to face down some bank robber (Meadows) on Main Street in Dodge City.
There is just not one wasted minute in this entire production. I highly recommend it.
Sellers plays the owner of an auto repair shop that runs a ring of car thieves on the side. Then one day his gang of teen thieves steal the car of John Cummings (Richard Todd). Cummings is a mediocre salesman of cosmetics who has just bought the car but not bought full coverage insurance. He only has liability. So with the cosmetics company's son taking over the practical running of the business and implying that Cummings' job is in danger, and Cummings thinking that this car and being able to get to more places quickly is the secret to holding on to that job, he begins to investigate the crime himself, and soon he is getting very close to the truth.
Meanwhile, he finds out from his wife that she sees him as a perpetual dreamer and failure, and she is OK with that, but she is not OK with him getting mixed up with a bunch of hoods to get his car back, but unfortunately Cummings has focused in on reclaiming his car as a way of proving that he can finish what he starts, that he is not the failure his wife says that he is.
In the middle of this you have a dispassionate police inspector, and a couple of kids in love who have no real options in life. Unfortunately one is Meadows' mistress and the other is one of his gang of thieves.
This thing, on what was probably a shoe-string budget is an incredibly engaging movie. There's great dialogue, a tremendous use of music in ratcheting up the tension, and towards the end I felt like I was watching Marshall Dillon of Gunsmoke (Cummings) steeling himself to face down some bank robber (Meadows) on Main Street in Dodge City.
There is just not one wasted minute in this entire production. I highly recommend it.
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