How I Won the War

"There's been some marvelous advances in surgery, thanks to war!"

109 mins
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

John Lennon

Gripweed

Jack Hedley

Melancholy Musketeer

Alexander Knox

American General

Robert Hardy

British General

Sheila Hancock

Mrs. Clapper's Friend

Mick Dillon

1st Replacement

Kenneth Colley

2nd Replacement

Charles Dyer

Happy Trousered Man

Dandy Nichols

1st Old Lady

Gretchen Franklin

2nd Old Lady

Richard Pearson

Old Man at Alamein

Norman Chappell

Henry Bridgehouse, soldier at Alamein

Peter Graves

Staff Officer

Bill Dysart

Paratrooper

Pauline Taylor

Woman in Desert

John Ronane

Operator

Fanny Carby

Mrs Clapper

John Junkin

Large Child

Ken Thorne

Conductor

Ken Thorne

Original Music Composer

John Stoll

Art Direction

Philip Harrison

Art Direction

Dinah Greet

Costume Designer

Freddie Cooper

Camera Operator

José López Rodero

Assistant Director

Hubert Fröhlich

Unit Manager

Phyllis Crocker

Continuity

Les Hammond

Sound Mixer

Gerry Humphreys

Sound Mixer

Don Challis

Sound Editor

Alan Pattillo

Sound Editor

Eddie Fowlie

Special Effects

Charles Wood

Screenplay

David Watkin

Director of Photography

Denis O'Dell

Associate Producer

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