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1969

OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR

The musical shot in the arm!

Comedy
Music
War
67

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Overview

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.

Director: Richard Attenborough
Runtime: 138 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $0
Vote Average: 67

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

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