Following last year’s centenary celebrations of Peter Sellers (THE PINK PANTHER), one of Britain’s most celebrated comic talents, STUDIOCANAL is proud to present The Peter Sellers Collection, arriving on Blu-Ray on 17th August under its prestigious Vintage Classics label. Showcasing the extraordinary range and enduring brilliance of a performer whose influence on British comedy remains immense, this glorious eight-disc boxset brings together a carefully curated selection of Sellers’ finest screen performances in recently restored form. Spanning a pivotal period of Sellers' film career, The Peter Sellers Collection offers a rich journey through post-war British cinema. From sly satires and classic Ealing comedies to beloved farces and irreverent social commentaries, these films highlight the versatility, invention and comic genius that made Peter Sellers a household name. 

Presented in a stunning eight-disc boxset, the collection includes a 4K restoration of Alexander Mackendrick’s (THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT) celebrated black comedy crime caper THE LADYKILLERS (1955), also starring Alec Guinness (KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB) and Cecil Parker (A FRENCH MISTRESS). Basil Dearden’s (THE BLUE LAMP) charming cinema-set comedy THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957) makes its debut as a newly restored 4K title, available exclusively as part of this new collection. A 4K restoration of witty political farce CARLTON-BROWNE OF THE F.O (1959) starring the great Terry-Thomas (SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS) and directed by Roy Boulting (THE FAMILY WAY) & Jeffrey Dell (DON’T TAKE IT TO HEART) is also included, alongside Roy Boulting’s BAFTA-winning social satire I’M ALL RIGHT JACK (1959), the film that earned Sellers widespread critical acclaim. The set continues with 4K restorations of Robert Day’s (THE GREEN MAN) inventive comedy heist TWO-WAY STRETCH (1960) and Sidney Gilliat’s (LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE) romantic satire ONLY TWO CAN PLAY (1962), adapted from Kingsley Amis’ celebrated novel. 

Also restored in 4K is the brilliantly scripted crime spoof THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW (1963), written by renowned comedy duo Ray Galton & Alan Simpson (STEPTOE & SON) alongside John Antrobus and directed by Cliff Owen (STEPTOE & SON), and completing the set is moral comedy from the legendary Boulting Brothers (SUSPECT) duo, HEAVENS ABOVE! (1963). 

Alongside the eight features is a new 32-page booklet providing insight into these much-loved British comedy classics. PRODUCT INFO Step into the golden age of British comedy with this essential boxset celebrating the genius of Peter Sellers. From sly satire to uproarious farce, these eight films showcase Sellers at his most mischievous, magnetic, and masterful. A protean comic actor who first came to prominence on the popular radio series The Goon Show (1951–1960), he went on to graduate from radio and television to significant film roles, demonstrating a remarkable gift for character transformation and establishing himself as one of the world’s most acclaimed comedy stars.


PRODUCT INFO

Step into the golden age of British comedy with this essential boxset celebrating the genius of Peter Sellers. From sly satire to uproarious farce, these eight films showcase Sellers at his most mischievous, magnetic, and masterful. A protean comic actor who first came to prominence on the popular radio series The Goon Show (1951–1960), he went on to graduate from radio and television to significant film roles, demonstrating a remarkable gift for character transformation and establishing himself as one of the world’s most acclaimed comedy stars.


THE LADYKILLERS (1955)

 
 

Directed By

Alexander Mackendrick

 

Cast

Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Katie Johnson & Jack Warner

 

SYNOPSIS

Classic Ealing comedy in which a group of bank robbers struggle to silence the eccentric old lady who discovers their crime. Mrs Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) lives alone in King's Cross with her parrots. She has been led to believe that the group of men renting rooms from her, Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness), the Major (Cecil Parker), Louis (Herbert Lom), Harry (Peter Sellers) and One-Round (Danny Green), are classical musicians. However, when one of the group's cases gets caught in the door and opens to reveal, not a musical instrument, but a plethora of banknotes, the virtuous Mrs Wilberforce vows to go to the police with the identities of the men. The criminals agree that the old lady has to be killed to silence her, but will this be as straightforward as it sounds? 

Running Time: 90mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 & 1.66:1 • Colour •

HD Standard 1080p • Dual Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B



THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957)

 
 

Directed By

Basil Dearden

 

Cast

Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Bernard Miles

 

SYNOPSIS

A young married couple inherit a small-town, run-down cinema. Spurred on by a rival cinema owner's attempt to buy it off them, they do it up so they can eventually get a bigger sale price. However, they soon find themselves increasingly attracted to the fleapit and the three old staff members that go with it. 

Running Time: 81mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 • Black & White •

HD Standard 1080p • LPCM 2.0 Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B



CARLTON-BROWNE OF THE F.O. (1959)


 
 

Directed By

Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell

 

Cast

Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Ian Bannen, Thorley Walters, Raymond Huntley, Miles Malleson, John Le Mesurier, Marie Lohr, Ronald Adam

 

SYNOPSIS

CARLTON-BROWNE OF THE F.O. follows the story of a long-forgotten British colony suddenly becoming geopolitically hot property due to its rare mineral deposits, with the Foreign Office scrambling to reassert influence. Enter Carlton-Browne (a charmingly clueless diplomat whose only qualification is his father's legacy and a knack for accidental diplomacy). Dispatched to the island of Gaillardia, Carlton must navigate a tangled web of Cold War tensions, royal intrigue, and Morris dancing mishaps. As rival factions vie for control and foreign powers circle like vultures, Carlton stumbles through espionage, romance, and revolution - proving that sometimes, the most unlikely man can make the biggest mess... and still come out ahead.

 

Running Time: 90mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 • Black & White •

HD Standard 1080p • LPCM 2.0 Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B


I’M ALL RIGHT JACK (1959)

 
 

Directed By
Roy Boulting
 

Cast

Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Liz Fraser, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Margaret Rutherford

 

SYNOPSIS

Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) is an upper-class graduate who innocently accepts a job at his uncle Bettram Purcel’s (Dennis Price) missile factory. Unbeknownst to Stanley, his uncle has an agenda where he plans for his nephew to become the catalyst of a labour dispute, which his uncle hopes to profit from. Unfortunately for Bettram, his plan backfires when his socialist employee Mr. Kite (Peter Sellers) takes advantage of the opportunity for his own gain.

 

Running Time: 105mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 • Black & White •

HD Standard 1080p • LPCM 2.0 Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B


TWO WAY STRETCH (1960)

 

 
 

Directed By

Robert Day

 

Cast

Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Liz Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Maurice Denham, Irene Handl, Beryl Reid, Noel Hood

 

Synopsis

Crafty convict Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers), along with his fellow inmates Lennie the Dip (Bernard Cribbins) and Jelly Knight (David Lodge), has grown very comfortable inside prison walls. Under the governor’s soft-hearted approach, life behind bars is almost too easy. But Dodger Lane isn’t content to sit idle. He devises a daring plan that will test both his cunning and his nerve: break out of jail, steal a priceless cache of diamonds, and then sneak back into his cell before anyone notices that he is gone. It’s the perfect alibi for the perfect crime.

Running Time: 87mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 • Black & White •

HD Standard 1080p • LPCM 2.0 Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B


ONLY TWO CAN PLAY (1962)

 
 


Directed By

Sidney Gilliat

 

Cast

Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Richard Attenborough, Kenneth Griffith,

Maudie Edwards, Frederick Piper, Graham Stark, John Arnatt, Sheila Manahan

 

SYNOPSIS

Sellers stars as John Lewis, the small-town Welsh librarian who is offered an escape from his mundane life and henpecked-husband routine when councillor's wife Liz takes a shine to him. Alas, none of their carefully calculated schemes for a romantic tryst come to fruition thanks to a series of comic complications. 

Other Credits

Based on the novel That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis

 

Running Time: 107mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 • Black & White • HD Standard 1080p • LPCM 2.0 Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B


THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW (1963)

 
 


DIRECTED BY

Cliff Owen

 

CAST

Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye,

Nanette Newman, Bill Kerr, Ed Devereaux 

 

SYNOPSIS

In London, a group of Australian gangsters disguised as “Bobbies”, led by Jack Coombes (Bill Kerr), are diverting the ill-gotten gains of the local criminal gangs. Gang leader “Pearly” Gates (Sellers), who operates from the cover of a French couturier, finds his takings severely cut. Initially he blames rival crook “Nervous” O’Toole (Bernard Cribbins) but when it emerges that they are both being scammed by the same gang, they form an unlikely alliance with Scotland Yard Police Inspector “Nosey” Parker (Lionel Jeffries) – to eliminate the so-called “I.P.O. mob” (I.P.O. – Impersonating a Police Officer) and return things to “normal”. 

OTHER CREDITS

Written by Ray Galton, Alan Simpson and John Antrobus

 

Running Time: 95mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 • Black & White •

HD Standard 1080p • Dual Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B


HEAVENS ABOVE! (1963)

 
 


Directed By

John & Roy Boulting

 

Cast

Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Eric Sykes, Bernard Miles, Ian Carmichael,

Irene Handl, Brock Peters, Miriam Karlin, Joan Miller

 

Synopsis

Sellers stars as John Smallwood, an idealistic Reverend appointed to the parish of an upper-class village by mistake. With a bad habit of telling the truth at all times, Smallwood makes several clerical decisions that shock his wealthy, landed-gentry parishioners.

Running Time: 118mins • Feature Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 • Black & White •

HD Standard 1080p • LPCM 2.0 Mono • English Language • SDH Subtitles • Region B