Comedy Music War
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.
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
Written by
Joan Littlewood
Vanessa Redgrave
Sylvia Pankhurst
Ian Holm
President Poincare
Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Maggie Smith
Music Hall Star
Richard Attenborough
Colin Farrell
Harry Arnold Smith
Laurence Olivier
Field Marshal Sir John French
Edward Fox
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Juliet Mills
Nurse
John Mills
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Charles Farrell
Policeman (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
French Colonel
John Gielgud
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins
Emperor Franz Josef
Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Grey
Norman Bird
Training Sgt (uncredited)
Kenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm II
David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Vincent Ball
Australian Soldier
Cecil Parker
Sir John
Maurice Roëves
George Smith
Susannah York
Eleanor
Paddy Joyce
Irish Soldier
Carole Gray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde
Stephen
Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Angus Lennie
Scottish Soldier
Michael Redgrave
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Isabel Dean
Sir John French's Lady
Paul Shelley
Jack Henry Smith
Michael Bates
Drunk Lance Corporal
Marianne Stone
Mill Girl
Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Corin Redgrave
Bertie Smith
Natasha Parry
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Malcolm McFee
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Angela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Thorley Walters
Staff Officer
Robert Flemyng
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Dorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Penelope Allen
Solo Chorus Girl
Guy Middleton
Gen. Sir William Robertson
Gerald Sim
Chaplain
John Woodnutt
British Officer (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
American Officer (uncredited)
John Owens
Seamus Moore
Ben Howard
Pte Garbett
Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Peter Gilmore
Pte Burgess
Roy Beck
American GI (uncredited)
Tony Vogel
German Soldier (uncredited)
John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Nanette Newman
Nurse
Ron Pember
Corporal
Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier
Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Pia Colombo
Estaminet Singer
Phyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy Haig
Stanley Lebor
Soldier (uncredited)
Christine Noonan
Mill Girl (uncredited)
Anthony Ainley
3rd Aide
Paul Hansard
German Officer (uncredited)
Wendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Wensley Pithey
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Joe Melia
The Photographer
Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Staff Officer in Ballroom
Paul Daneman
Czar Nicholas II
John Clements
Gen. von Moltke
Harry Locke
Heckler
Christian Doermer
Fritz
Clifford Mollison
Heckler
John Rae
Grandpa Smith
Kim Smith
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Wimbush
Mary Emma Smith
Geoffrey Davies
Aide to Haig
Fanny Carby
Mill Girl
Meriel Forbes
Lady Pamela Grey
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)
Frank Forsyth
President Woodrow Wilson (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)
Anthony Morton
Italian Military Attaché (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)
Michael Wolf
German Officer (uncredited)
Julia Wright
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Joan Littlewood

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