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

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