Comedy Music War
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.
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
Written by
Joan Littlewood
Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Maggie Smith
Music Hall Star
Vanessa Redgrave
Sylvia Pankhurst
Laurence Olivier
Field Marshal Sir John French
John Gielgud
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Ian Holm
President Poincare
Colin Farrell
Harry Arnold Smith
Richard Attenborough
Edward Fox
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Juliet Mills
Nurse
John Mills
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Corin Redgrave
Bertie Smith
Jack Hawkins
Emperor Franz Josef
Maurice Roëves
George Smith
Susannah York
Eleanor
Kenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Marianne Stone
Mill Girl
Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Grey
Dirk Bogarde
Stephen
Cecil Parker
Sir John
Michael Bates
Drunk Lance Corporal
John Woodnutt
British Officer (uncredited)
John Owens
Seamus Moore
Angela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Ron Pember
Corporal
Michael Redgrave
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Gerald Sim
Chaplain
Robert Flemyng
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Nanette Newman
Nurse
Tony Vogel
German Soldier (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce
Irish Soldier
Vincent Ball
Australian Soldier
David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Thorley Walters
Staff Officer
Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
American Officer (uncredited)
Angus Lennie
Scottish Soldier
Paul Daneman
Czar Nicholas II
Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier
Jean-Pierre Cassel
French Colonel
Charles Farrell
Policeman (uncredited)
Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Anthony Ainley
3rd Aide
Harry Locke
Heckler
Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Norman Bird
Training Sgt (uncredited)
Joe Melia
The Photographer
Penelope Allen
Solo Chorus Girl
Christian Doermer
Fritz
Wensley Pithey
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Stanley Lebor
Soldier (uncredited)
Phyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy Haig
Paul Shelley
Jack Henry Smith
Isabel Dean
Sir John French's Lady
John Clements
Gen. von Moltke
Guy Middleton
Gen. Sir William Robertson
Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Natasha Parry
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Peter Gilmore
Pte Burgess
Frank Forsyth
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Ben Howard
Pte Garbett
Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Anthony Morton
Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Meriel Forbes
Lady Pamela Grey
Malcolm McFee
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Wendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Christine Noonan
Mill Girl (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Staff Officer in Ballroom
Carole Gray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Clifford Mollison
Heckler
Michael Wolf
German Officer (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
German Officer (uncredited)
Pia Colombo
Estaminet Singer
Dorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
John Rae
Grandpa Smith
Kim Smith
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Wimbush
Mary Emma Smith
Geoffrey Davies
Aide to Haig
Fanny Carby
Mill Girl
Maurice Arthur
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Freddie Ascott
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Cecilia Darby
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
George Ghent
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
John Trigger
Officer at Railway Station
Kathleen Wileman
Emma Smith - Age 4
Pamela Abbott
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Charlotte Attenborough
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Annie Bee
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
Singer (uncredited)
Christopher Cabot
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Frank Coda
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Ambrose Coghill
His Father (uncredited)
Stella Courtney
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Sheila Cox
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth Craven
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
Ray Edwards
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Hermione Farthingale
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Franklin
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
John Gabriel
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
Zeph Gladstone
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
Ruth Gower
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Kim Grant
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Kathleen Helme
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Richard Howard
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
Dinny Jones
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lind Joyce
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Dolores Judson
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Delia Linden
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Richard Loring
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Tom Marshall
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Stanley McGeagh
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Isabelle Metcalfe
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Jenny Morgan
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Andrew Robertson
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Sue Robinson
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
David Scheuer
French Soldier (uncredited)
Valerie Smith
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
P.G. Stephens
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Christian Thorogood
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Brian Tipping
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Bette Vivian
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
Arthur White
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Julia Wright
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Joan Littlewood

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