The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
- Directed by
- Charles Crichton
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A timid accountant in a Scottish tweed company uses sneaky tactics to outwit a pushy American efficiency expert who wants to modernize his workplace.
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What happens
The Battle of the Sexes is a 1959 British black and white comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, and Constance Cummings. It was written by Monja Danischewsky based on the 1942 short story "The Catbird Seat" by James Thurber. A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company cleverly bests a brash modern American efficiency expert whose ideas threaten his way of life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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