Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

Directed by

Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

U

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An incompetent diplomat is sent to a forgotten island to mend relations. Both superpowers want the island's minerals.

sillylightheartedplayfulbumblingwrysatiricaldated

What happens

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (U.S. title: Man in a Cocked Hat) is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and Jeffrey Dell and starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, and Luciana Paluzzi. It was written by Boulting and Dell and produced by John Boulting. The film centres on an inept Foreign Office (F.O.) diplomat who is sent to re-establish good relations with the island of Gaillardia, an obscure former British colony that attracts the attention of both the UK and the USSR for its mineral deposits. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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