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
Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Maggie Smith
Music Hall Star
Vanessa Redgrave
Sylvia Pankhurst
Richard Attenborough
Ian Holm
President Poincare
Edward Fox
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Laurence Olivier
Field Marshal Sir John French
Jack Hawkins
Emperor Franz Josef
John Mills
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Susannah York
Eleanor
Juliet Mills
Nurse
Maurice Roëves
George Smith
Dirk Bogarde
Stephen
Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Grey
John Gielgud
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jean-Pierre Cassel
French Colonel
Kenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Norman Bird
Training Sgt (uncredited)
Gerald Sim
Chaplain
Corin Redgrave
Bertie Smith
David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Thorley Walters
Staff Officer
Vincent Ball
Australian Soldier
Cecil Parker
Sir John
Michael Redgrave
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Penelope Allen
Solo Chorus Girl
Robert Flemyng
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Phyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy Haig
Colin Farrell
Harry Arnold Smith
Charles Farrell
Policeman (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Mill Girl
Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Michael Bates
Drunk Lance Corporal
Isabel Dean
Sir John French's Lady
John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Nanette Newman
Nurse
Guy Standeven
American Officer (uncredited)
Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Guy Middleton
Gen. Sir William Robertson
Tony Vogel
German Soldier (uncredited)
John Woodnutt
British Officer (uncredited)
Joe Melia
The Photographer
Peter Gilmore
Pte Burgess
Stanley Lebor
Soldier (uncredited)
Ron Pember
Corporal
Anthony Ainley
3rd Aide
John Clements
Gen. von Moltke
Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier
Harry Locke
Heckler
Ben Howard
Pte Garbett
Paul Shelley
Jack Henry Smith
Wensley Pithey
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Natasha Parry
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Paul Daneman
Czar Nicholas II
John Owens
Seamus Moore
Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Angela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Roy Beck
American GI (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce
Irish Soldier
Angus Lennie
Scottish Soldier
Wendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Staff Officer in Ballroom
Carole Gray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Christian Doermer
Fritz
Andrew Robertson
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Clifford Mollison
Heckler
Malcolm McFee
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Dorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Paul Hansard
German Officer (uncredited)
Christine Noonan
Mill Girl (uncredited)
Pia Colombo
Estaminet Singer
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)
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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