John Smallwood (Peter Sellers) is a prison chaplain who is appointed in error as the pastor of a wealthy church in an English industrial city. The man who was to have been given this plum parish (Ian Carmichael) is a fawning toady who would be quite content to mirror the desires of the rich parishioners. Instead, they get Smallwood, a man with progressive...read more

Cast & CrewSee all »

Peter Sellers Rev. John Smallwood

Cecil Parker Archdeacon Aspinall

Isabel Jeans Lady Despard

Eric Sykes Harry Smith

Bernard Miles Simpson

Brock Peters Matthew

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(Movie Clip) I Saw His Collar!

Peter Sellers (as Rev. Smallwood, after Lolita but before Inspector Clouseau) with Brock Peters (as Matthew, after To Kill A Mockingbird), early in th (more…)

(Movie Clip) I'm The New Vicar

Vagabond father Harry (Eric Sykes), with wife (Irene Handl) and sister-in-law (Miriam Karlin), has just finished with a council official (Geoffrey Hib (more…)

(Movie Clip) Orbiston Parva

Writing, producing and directing team brother John and Roy Boulting with the delightful narrated opening about the town in which Peter Sellers will be (more…)

(Movie Clip) The Weight You're Carrying

The arch-deacon (Cecil Parker) has just discovered he sent the wrong Reverend Smallwood (Peter Sellers) to town, when patron Lady Despard (Isabel Jean (more…)