Comedy / War /

Score: 55%( 36 votes )

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

Cast:

Michael Crawford
Goodbody

John Lennon
Gripweed

Roy Kinnear
Clapper

Lee Montague
Transom

Jack MacGowran
Juniper

Michael Hordern
Grapple

Jack Hedley
Melancholy Musketeer

Ronald Lacey
Spool

James Cossins
Drogue

Ewan Hooper
Dooley

Karl Michael Vogler
Odlebog

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

Jack May
Toby

Bryan Pringle
Reporter

Peter Graves
Staff Officer

Paul Daneman
Skipper

Bill Dysart
Paratrooper

Pauline Taylor
Woman in Desert

John Ronane
Operator

Fanny Carby
Mrs Clapper

John Junkin
Large Child

John Trenaman
Driver

Norman Mitchell
Butcher