What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
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Actor: Henry Rico Cattani, Leon Askin, Robert Carricart, Vincent Barbi, William BryantBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop
Composer: Henry Mancini
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: United Artists
Movie Reviews of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie Review: A true classic comedy
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for this movie for a long time and I enjoyed it now just as much as I did back in the 90s. Great. lighthearded comedy
Summary of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Set against the backdrop of WW 2, a by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy and finds the soldiers are willing to surrender if the can have their annual wine festival first. But he must make it look like a real fight for the aerial viewers and the practice makes for loads of fun!In 1943, a by-the-book captain (Dick Shawn) is put in charge of a decimated company with orders to capture a quaint Italian village. Upon arriving, the men find the opposing soldiers all too eager to surrender, but only after the local wine festival, a bacchanal that leaves both sides wasted. The troops are forced to work together to stage a mock battle to satisfy American and German forces that are close by. Neither cynical like The Americanization of Emily nor absurd like King of Hearts, this 1966 comedy directed by Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther) and scripted by William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) is a carefree romp. Collateral pleasures include Edwards' signature stylish slapstick, Carroll O'Connor as a blustery general, James Coburn as the cool-under-fire Lieutenant Christian, Harry Morgan as an intelligence officer who gets lost in the village catacombs and goes mad, and the ravishingly beautiful Giovanna Ralli as the village Mayor's very pliant daughter. "War is hell," the DVD box proclaims, "and isn't it fun?" Not really, but that shouldn't mar your enjoyment of one of Edwards' lesser-known films that is ripe for rediscovery. --Donald Liebenson
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