The Battle of the Sexes

In this 1959 comedy, Robert MacPherson (Robert Morley) inherits his family's textile business in Edinburgh, Scotland, then hires American efficiency expert Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings) to bring the business into the modern age. The House of MacPherson has long been known as a manufacturer of ...more

Peter Sellers puts his subtle comic skill to work in this 1959 film, giving a performance that foreshadows the drollery of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in his Pink Panther films of the '60s and '70s. As Mr. Martin, the meek head clerk of the House of MacPherson (an old Scottish textile business that makes traditional tweeds), he attempts to sabotage a crusade by efficiency expert Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings) to modernize the plant and make synthetic tweeds. To save his company and his ...more