A comedy, a satire, and a chilling look at war.

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2000)

This is at once a comedy, a satire of the cold-war, and a chilling look at the politics underlying all wars. It draws on the hysteria that was alive and well shortly after the Second World War, and the fear that was generated in the McCarthy era just as we defeated the Nazi Regime, and now faced the impending dangers of Communism. (As if this is a dead issue. Just look at our Government's attempts at reviving the anti-missile missile program.) I find this movie to be as fresh today as it was 36 years ago.

This is unquestionably Peter Sellers greatest movie, and one worth seeing many times.