Directed by:
Richard LesterScreenplay:
Charles WoodCinematography:
David WatkinComposer:
Ken ThorneCast:
Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Jack MacGowran, Lee Montague, Michael Hordern, Jack Hedley, Karl Michael Vogler, Ronald Lacey, Alexander Knox, Robert Hardy (more)Plots(1)
Hapless British commander Lieutenant Goodbody (Michael Crawford) enthusiastically leads his troops on a series of debacles on the battlefields of World War Two including the calamitous installation of a cricket pitch behind enemy lines. Featuring John Lennon in his only non-musical screen performance, How I Won the War is a biting satire not just on war, but also the concept of the war movie. A surreal farce fantastically brought to life by Richard Lester's stylised direction, it remains a unique and innovative cult comedy. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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Gretchen Franklin
UK
Best movies:
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) - a.f.
Ragtime (1981)
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Fanny Carby
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
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Norman Chappell
India
Best movies:
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
Intimate Games (1976)
It's Not the Size That Counts (1974)
Bryan Pringle
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
John Ronane
UK
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Ewan Hooper
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
John Junkin
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Football Factory (2004)
Kaleidoscope (1966)
Charles Dyer
UK
Best movies:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Klaus Baruck
Best movies:
How I Won the War (1967)