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Concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is trying to have an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy (Paula Prentiss), while two teenage private-school girls, Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Marian Gilbert (Merrie Spaeth), stalk him and write their fantasies about him in a diary. Orient's paranoia leads him to believe that the two girls, who seem to pop up everywhere he goes, are spies sent by the husband of his would-be mistress. When Val's mother, Isabel Boyd (Angela Lansbury), finds their diary, she suspects that Henry has acted inappropriately with her daughter. She contacts Orient and they end up having an affair. Val finds out about it, as does her dad.

Step into the world of Henry Orient...and meet two junior-size misses and one king-size nut!

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring: Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury

Released: March 19, 1964

Runtime: 106.0

Popularity Rating: 1.762

Pan Arts, United Artists

United States of America

Henry Orient Peter Sellers
Stella Dunnworthy Paula Prentiss
Isabel Boyd Angela Lansbury
Frank Boyd Tom Bosley
Mrs. Avis Gilbert Phyllis Thaxter
Erica 'Boothy' Booth Bibi Osterwald
Marian 'Gil' Gilbert Merrie Spaeth
Valarie 'Val' Campbell Boyd Tippy Walker
Sidney John Fiedler
Store Owner Al Lewis
Joe Daniels Peter Duchin
Drunk Woman at Christmas Party Claudia Morgan

Art — Art Direction: Jan Scott
Art — Production Design: James W. Sullivan
Art — Set Decoration: Ken Krausgill
Camera — Director of Photography: Arthur J. Ornitz
Camera — Director of Photography: Boris Kaufman
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Ann Roth
Directing — Director: George Roy Hill
Editing — Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Production — Casting: Marion Dougherty
Production — Producer: Jerome Hellman
Sound — Original Music Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Writing — Novel: Nora Johnson
Writing — Screenplay: Nora Johnson
Writing — Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson