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Cast
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Laurence Olivier | As: Field Marshal Sir John French |
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Vanessa Redgrave | As: Sylvia Pankhurst |
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Maggie Smith | As: Music Hall Star |
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John Mills | As: Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig |
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Corin Redgrave | As: Bertie Smith |
Storyline
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
| Tagline: | The musical shot in the arm! |
| Certification: | G |
Cast
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Laurence Olivier |
Field Marshal Sir John French |
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Vanessa Redgrave |
Sylvia Pankhurst |
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Maggie Smith |
Music Hall Star |
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John Mills |
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig |
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Corin Redgrave |
Bertie Smith |
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Maurice Roëves |
George Smith |
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Ian Holm |
President Poincare |
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Juliet Mills |
Nurse |
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Michael Bates |
Drunk Lance Corporal |
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Edward Fox |
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig |
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Dirk Bogarde |
Stephen |
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Jean-Pierre Cassel |
French Colonel |
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John Clements |
Gen. von Moltke |
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John Gielgud |
Count Leopold Von Berchtold |
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Jack Hawkins |
Emperor Franz Josef |
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Kenneth More |
Kaiser Wilhelm II |
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Michael Redgrave |
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson |
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Ralph Richardson |
Sir Edward Grey |
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Susannah York |
Eleanor |
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Robert Flemyng |
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench |
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Paul Daneman |
Czar Nicholas II |
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Guy Middleton |
Gen. Sir William Robertson |
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Angela Thorne |
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith |
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Wendy Allnutt |
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith |
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Colin Farrell |
Harry Arnold Smith |
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Malcolm McFee |
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith |
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John Rae |
Grandpa Smith |
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Paul Shelley |
Jack Henry Smith |
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Kim Smith |
Richard 'Dickie' Smith |
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Mary Wimbush |
Mary Emma Smith |
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John Owens |
Seamus Moore |
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Vincent Ball |
Australian Soldier |
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Penelope Allen |
Solo Chorus Girl |
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Pia Colombo |
Estaminet Singer |
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Isabel Dean |
Sir John French's Lady |
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Christian Doermer |
Fritz |
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Joe Melia |
The Photographer |
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Nanette Newman |
Nurse |
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Cecil Parker |
Sir John |
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Natasha Parry |
Sir William Robertson's Lady |
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Gerald Sim |
Chaplain |
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Thorley Walters |
Staff Officer |
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Anthony Ainley |
3rd Aide |
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Geoffrey Davies |
Aide to Haig |
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Fanny Carby |
Mill Girl |
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Peter Gilmore |
Pte Burgess |
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Ben Howard |
Pte Garbett |
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Norman Jones |
Scottish Soldier |
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Angus Lennie |
Scottish Soldier |
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Paddy Joyce |
Irish Soldier |
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Harry Locke |
Heckler |
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Ron Pember |
Corporal |
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Marianne Stone |
Mill Girl |
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Christine Noonan |
Mill Girl (uncredited) |
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Derek Newark |
Shooting Gallery Proprietor |
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Clifford Mollison |
Heckler |
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Norman Bird |
Training Sgt (uncredited) |
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Jeremy Child |
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited) |
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Richard Davies |
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited) |
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Stanley Lebor |
Soldier (uncredited) |
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Jane Seymour |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Wensley Pithey |
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited) |
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Meriel Forbes |
Lady Pamela Grey |
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David Lodge |
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall |
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Maurice Arthur |
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address |
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Freddie Ascott |
'Whizzbang' Soldier |
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Cecilia Darby |
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady |
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George Ghent |
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech |
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Dorothy Reynolds |
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech |
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John Trigger |
Officer at Railway Station |
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Kathleen Wileman |
Emma Smith - Age 4 |
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Phyllis Calvert |
Lady Dorothy Haig |
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Pamela Abbott |
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited) |
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Charlotte Attenborough |
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited) |
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Roy Beck |
American GI (uncredited) |
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Annie Bee |
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Joanne Brown |
Singer (uncredited) |
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Christopher Cabot |
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited) |
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Frank Coda |
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Ambrose Coghill |
His Father (uncredited) |
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Stella Courtney |
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited) |
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Sheila Cox |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Elizabeth Craven |
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited) |
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John Dunn-Hill |
Irish Soldier (uncredited) |
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Ray Edwards |
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited) |
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Charles Farrell |
Policeman (uncredited) |
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Hermione Farthingale |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Frank Forsyth |
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited) |
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Joyce Franklin |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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John Gabriel |
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited) |
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Zeph Gladstone |
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited) |
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Ruth Gower |
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited) |
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Kim Grant |
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Carole Gray |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Paul Hansard |
German Officer (uncredited) |
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Kathleen Helme |
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited) |
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Richard Howard |
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited) |
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John Hussey |
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited) |
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Dinny Jones |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Lind Joyce |
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) |
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Dolores Judson |
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
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Ruth Kettlewell |
Duchess Sophie (uncredited) |
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Delia Linden |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Richard Loring |
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Tom Marshall |
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Stanley McGeagh |
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited) |
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Isabelle Metcalfe |
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Jenny Morgan |
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Anthony Morton |
Italian Military Attaché (uncredited) |
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Steve Plytas |
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited) |
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Andrew Robertson |
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited) |
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Sue Robinson |
Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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David Scheuer |
French Soldier (uncredited) |
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Valerie Smith |
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
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Guy Standeven |
American Officer (uncredited) |
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Pippa Steel |
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) |
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P.G. Stephens |
Irish Soldier (uncredited) |
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Tony Thawnton |
Officer on Telephone (uncredited) |
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Christian Thorogood |
Irish Soldier (uncredited) |
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Brian Tipping |
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited) |
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Bette Vivian |
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited) |
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Tony Vogel |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Arthur White |
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited) |
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Michael Wolf |
German Officer (uncredited) |
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John Woodnutt |
British Officer (uncredited) |
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Julia Wright |
Haig's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Mary Yeomans |
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) |
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Norman Shelley |
Staff Officer in Ballroom |
Directed By
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Richard Attenborough |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Joan Littlewood |
Musical |
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Len Deighton |
Screenplay |
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Joan Littlewood |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Miriam Brickman |
Casting |
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John Comfort |
Production Manager |
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Bryan Coates |
Location Manager |
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Richard Attenborough |
Producer |
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Brian Duffy |
Producer |
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Mac Davidson |
Associate Producer |
Edited By
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Kevin Connor |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Anthony Mendleson |
Costume Design |
Sound
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Tom Buchanan |
Boom Operator |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Gerry Turpin |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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Raymond Hawkey |
Title Designer |
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Donald M. Ashton |
Production Design |
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Harry White |
Art Direction |
Other Crew
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