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Insomnia Is Good for You

For this insomniac, soft warm bedsheets are nothing but a battlefield. And since he has an important meeting with his boss the next morning, this battle needs to be won as soon as possible. Once again the legendary comedian Peter Sellers proves his extraordinary talent as Hector Dimwittie, who tried every possible sleeping position and yet could not fall asleep. Sellers’ performance in this short comedy was long left unappreciated, since the film was considered lost and destroyed. After fifty years it was found in the Park Lane Films studio building and a digitally remastered copy of this jewel premiered this May at a film festival in Southend-on-Sea, England.

  • United Kingdom
  • 1957, 25 min
  • Director: Leslie Arliss
  • Editor: Helen Wiggins
  • Screenplay: Lewis Greifer, Mordecai Richler
  • Cast: Peter Sellers, Angela Andersen, Eric Pohlmann, Pat Terry-Thomas, Totti Truman Taylor, Leslie Weston
  • Producer: Jules Simmons
  • Production: Park Lane Films


Leslie Arliss

In the 1940s and 1950s, Leslie Arliss was a well appreciated and successful British director and sreenwriter. His most known work is an adventure drama The Wicked Lady, 1945, starring Margaret Lockwood. Arliss also worked as a journalist.