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Oh! What a Lovely War

The musical shot in the arm!

19692h 24mDirected by Richard Attenborough

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

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Cast
Laurence Olivier portrait

Laurence Olivier

Field Marshal Sir John French

Vanessa Redgrave portrait

Vanessa Redgrave

Sylvia Pankhurst

Maggie Smith portrait

Maggie Smith

Music Hall Star

John Mills portrait

John Mills

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Corin Redgrave portrait

Corin Redgrave

Bertie Smith

Maurice Roëves portrait

Maurice Roëves

George Smith

Ian Holm portrait

Ian Holm

President Poincare

Juliet Mills portrait

Juliet Mills

Nurse

Michael Bates portrait

Michael Bates

Drunk Lance Corporal

Edward Fox portrait

Edward Fox

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

Dirk Bogarde portrait

Dirk Bogarde

Stephen

Jean-Pierre Cassel portrait

Jean-Pierre Cassel

French Colonel

John Clements portrait

John Clements

Gen. von Moltke

John Gielgud portrait

John Gielgud

Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Jack Hawkins portrait

Jack Hawkins

Emperor Franz Josef

Kenneth More portrait

Kenneth More

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Michael Redgrave portrait

Michael Redgrave

Gen. Sir Henry Wilson

Ralph Richardson portrait

Ralph Richardson

Sir Edward Grey

Susannah York portrait

Susannah York

Eleanor

Robert Flemyng portrait

Robert Flemyng

Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

Paul Daneman portrait

Paul Daneman

Czar Nicholas II

Guy Middleton portrait

Guy Middleton

Gen. Sir William Robertson

Angela Thorne portrait

Angela Thorne

Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith

Wendy Allnutt portrait

Wendy Allnutt

Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith

Colin Farrell portrait

Colin Farrell

Harry Arnold Smith

Malcolm McFee portrait

Malcolm McFee

Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith

JR

John Rae

Grandpa Smith

Paul Shelley portrait

Paul Shelley

Jack Henry Smith

KS

Kim Smith

Richard 'Dickie' Smith

MW

Mary Wimbush

Mary Emma Smith

John Owens portrait

John Owens

Seamus Moore

Vincent Ball portrait

Vincent Ball

Australian Soldier

PA

Penelope Allen

Solo Chorus Girl

Pia Colombo portrait

Pia Colombo

Estaminet Singer

Isabel Dean portrait

Isabel Dean

Sir John French's Lady

Christian Doermer portrait

Christian Doermer

Fritz

Joe Melia portrait

Joe Melia

The Photographer

Nanette Newman portrait

Nanette Newman

Nurse

Cecil Parker portrait

Cecil Parker

Sir John

Natasha Parry portrait

Natasha Parry

Sir William Robertson's Lady

Gerald Sim portrait

Gerald Sim

Chaplain

Thorley Walters portrait

Thorley Walters

Staff Officer

Anthony Ainley portrait

Anthony Ainley

3rd Aide

GD

Geoffrey Davies

Aide to Haig

FC

Fanny Carby

Mill Girl

Peter Gilmore portrait

Peter Gilmore

Pte Burgess

Ben Howard portrait

Ben Howard

Pte Garbett

Norman Jones portrait

Norman Jones

Scottish Soldier

Angus Lennie portrait

Angus Lennie

Scottish Soldier

Paddy Joyce portrait

Paddy Joyce

Irish Soldier

Harry Locke portrait

Harry Locke

Heckler

Ron Pember portrait

Ron Pember

Corporal

Marianne Stone portrait

Marianne Stone

Mill Girl

Christine Noonan portrait

Christine Noonan

Mill Girl (uncredited)

Derek Newark portrait

Derek Newark

Shooting Gallery Proprietor

Clifford Mollison portrait

Clifford Mollison

Heckler

Norman Bird portrait

Norman Bird

Training Sgt (uncredited)

Jeremy Child portrait

Jeremy Child

Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)

Richard Davies portrait

Richard Davies

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

Stanley Lebor portrait

Stanley Lebor

Soldier (uncredited)

Jane Seymour portrait

Jane Seymour

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Wensley Pithey portrait

Wensley Pithey

Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)

Meriel Forbes portrait

Meriel Forbes

Lady Pamela Grey

David Lodge portrait

David Lodge

Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall

MA

Maurice Arthur

Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address

FA

Freddie Ascott

'Whizzbang' Soldier

CD

Cecilia Darby

Sir Henry Wilson's Lady

GG

George Ghent

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Dorothy Reynolds portrait

Dorothy Reynolds

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

JT

John Trigger

Officer at Railway Station

KW

Kathleen Wileman

Emma Smith - Age 4

Phyllis Calvert portrait

Phyllis Calvert

Lady Dorothy Haig

PA

Pamela Abbott

Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)

CA

Charlotte Attenborough

Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)

AB

Annie Bee

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

JB

Joanne Brown

Singer (uncredited)

CC

Christopher Cabot

Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)

FC

Frank Coda

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

AC

Ambrose Coghill

His Father (uncredited)

SC

Stella Courtney

Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)

SC

Sheila Cox

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

EC

Elizabeth Craven

Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)

John Dunn-Hill portrait

John Dunn-Hill

Irish Soldier (uncredited)

RE

Ray Edwards

3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)

Charles Farrell portrait

Charles Farrell

Policeman (uncredited)

HF

Hermione Farthingale

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Frank Forsyth portrait

Frank Forsyth

President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)

JF

Joyce Franklin

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

JG

John Gabriel

Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)

ZG

Zeph Gladstone

Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)

RG

Ruth Gower

General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)

KG

Kim Grant

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Carole Gray portrait

Carole Gray

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Paul Hansard portrait

Paul Hansard

German Officer (uncredited)

KH

Kathleen Helme

Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)

RH

Richard Howard

Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)

John Hussey portrait

John Hussey

Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)

DJ

Dinny Jones

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

LJ

Lind Joyce

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

DJ

Dolores Judson

Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Ruth Kettlewell portrait

Ruth Kettlewell

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

DL

Delia Linden

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

RL

Richard Loring

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

TM

Tom Marshall

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

SM

Stanley McGeagh

Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)

IM

Isabelle Metcalfe

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

JM

Jenny Morgan

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Anthony Morton portrait

Anthony Morton

Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)

Steve Plytas portrait

Steve Plytas

Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)

AR

Andrew Robertson

2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

SR

Sue Robinson

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

DS

David Scheuer

French Soldier (uncredited)

VS

Valerie Smith

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Guy Standeven portrait

Guy Standeven

American Officer (uncredited)

Pippa Steel portrait

Pippa Steel

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

PS

P.G. Stephens

Irish Soldier (uncredited)

TT

Tony Thawnton

Officer on Telephone (uncredited)

CT

Christian Thorogood

Irish Soldier (uncredited)

BT

Brian Tipping

4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

BV

Bette Vivian

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)

Tony Vogel portrait

Tony Vogel

German Soldier (uncredited)

AW

Arthur White

Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

Michael Wolf portrait

Michael Wolf

German Officer (uncredited)

John Woodnutt portrait

John Woodnutt

British Officer (uncredited)

JW

Julia Wright

Haig's Secretary (uncredited)

MY

Mary Yeomans

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

Norman Shelley portrait

Norman Shelley

Staff Officer in Ballroom

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