Film
The play has been adapted twice for the screen. A television production aired on 16 November 1959 as part of David Susskind's anthology series Play of the Week. Directed by Stuart Burge, it starred, again, Hugh Griffith as the General, Beatrice Straight as Ghislaine, and Mildred Natwick reprising Mme St Pé.
A 1962 feature film directed by John Guillermin transported the setting to England and Anglicized the lead characters' names to General Leo and Emily Fitzjohn. The cast included Peter Sellers as the General, Dany Robin as Ghislaine (who remained French), and Margaret Leighton as Mrs Fitzjohn. Wolf Mankowitz was nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Screenplay and Sellers was named Best Actor at the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival.
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