The Party

1968, Comedy, 1h 39m

23 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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Movie Info

While trying to tie his shoe, bumbling extra Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) unwittingly triggers explosives that destroy the set of an epic war film. The furious director tells executive Fred Clutterbuck (J. Edward McKinley) to fire him. Because of a misunderstanding, Bakshi instead mistakenly receives an invitation to an exclusive party at Clutterbuck's Hollywood mansion, where he proceeds to wreak havoc on partygoers as he stumbles through what will become the wildest night he's ever seen.

Cast & Crew

Peter Sellers
Hrundi V. Bakshi
Claudine Longet
Michele Monet
Marge Champion
Rosalind Dunphy
Gavin MacLeod
Charlie S. Divot
Sharron Kimberly
Princess Helena
Denny Miller
"Wyoming Bill" Kelso
Buddy Lester
Davey Kane
Corinne Cole
Janice Kane
J. Edward McKinley
Fred Clutterbuck
Fay McKenzie
Alice Clutterbuck
Carol Wayne
June Warren
Tom Quine
Congressman Dunphy
Timothy Scott
Gore Pontoon
Al Checco
Bernard Stein
Steve Franken
Levinson
Blake Edwards
Director
Blake Edwards
Producer
Blake Edwards
Screenwriter
Tom Waldman
Screenwriter
Frank Waldman
Screenwriter
Henry Mancini
Original Music
Lucien Ballard
Cinematography
Ralph E. Winters
Film Editing
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
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Critic Reviews for The Party

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Audience Reviews for The Party

  • Jul 13, 2021
    I'll be charitable and call it "problematic" but if you can look past that, the movie does offer up a lot of enjoyable and influential comedic material (the scene with the toilet in particular is hilarious) plus I think the lack of of any real plot was the right choice here.
    Alec B Super Reviewer
  • Oct 15, 2018
    A largely improvised slapstick comedy that has no actual plot, only a series of random situations relying on Peter Sellers's capacity for making us laugh with mostly physical gags, and as such it manages to be funny at times, whereas more often it can be just silly instead.
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  • Sep 28, 2010
    Starts off good then it gets boring & after that annoying, So does Peter Sellers, Longet is annoying from the start & oh that irritating drunk waiter,he was supposed to be funny, right?, The film turns into one irritating unfunny mess in its ending
    Arash X Super Reviewer
  • Sep 05, 2010
    If you want to see Sellers playing an Indian who roams around someone's party doing stupid things all night, then see this movie, but if you're like me and don't think that's funny, I wouldn't recommend seeing this movie.
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