Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

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144 min - Musical | War - 3 October 1969 (USA)

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A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Wendy Allnutt	...	Flo Smith
	Colin Farrell	...	Harry Smith
	Malcolm McFee	...	Freddie Smith
	John Rae	...	Grandpa Smith
	Corin Redgrave	...	Bertie Smith
	Maurice Roëves	...	George Smith
	Paul Shelley	...	Jack Smith
	Kim Smith	...	Dickie Smith
	Angela Thorne	...	Betty Smith
	Mary Wimbush	...	Mary Smith
	Vincent Ball	...	Australian Soldier
	Pia Colombo	...	Estaminet Singer
	Paul Daneman	...	Czar Nicholas II
	Isabel Dean	...	Sir John French's Lady
	Christian Doermer	...	Fritz

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A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time. Written by Sonya Roberts <sonya_roberts@geocities.com>

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The Musical Shot In The Arm ! See more »

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Musical | War

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3 October 1969 (USA) See more »

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¡Oh, qué guerra tan bonita! See more »

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Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst, Kent, England, UK See more »

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Accord Productions See more »

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144 min

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Mono

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2.35 : 1

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Jane Seymour's film debut. See more »

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Anachronisms: The bayonets of the band of the Irish Guards as they parade down the Brighton promenade appear to be for the L1A1 self loading rifle, first issued 1957 and still issued as standard by the time of the film, rather than the correct 1907 pattern bayonet for the Lee-Enfield No1 mkIII rifle (characterised by its longer blade length of 17" as opposed to the 8" of the L1A1's bayonet). See more »

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Sir Edward Grey: [as war breaks out] The lamps are going out all over Europe, we will not see them lit again in our lifetime.
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Referenced in What Did You Do in the Great War Daddy? (2007) See more »

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