How I Won The War. Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody (Michael Crawford). Copyright: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
How I Won The War
- 1967 film
Absurdist anti-war comedy starring Michael Crawford as a hopeless lieutenant in the Second World War. Also features John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern and more.
Cast & crew credits
| Michael Crawford | Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody |
| John Lennon | Gripweed |
| Roy Kinnear | Clapper |
| Lee Montague | Transom |
| Jack MacGowran | Juniper |
| Michael Hordern | Grapple |
| Jack Hedley | Melancholy Musketeer |
| Karl Michael Vogler | Odlebog |
| Ronald Lacey | Spool |
| James Cossins | Drogue |
| Ewan Hooper | Dooley |
| Alexander Knox | American General |
| Robert Hardy | British General |
| Sheila Hancock | Mrs Clapper's Friend |
| Charles Dyer | Flappy-Trousered Man |
| Bill Dysart | Paratrooper |
| Paul Daneman | Skipper |
| Peter Graves | Staff Officer |
| Jack May | Toby |
| Richard Pearson (as Richard Person) | Old Man At Alamein |
| Pauline Taylor | Woman In Desert |
| John Ronane | Operator |
| Norman Chappell | Soldier At Alamein |
| Bryan Pringle | Reporter |
| Fanny Carby | Mrs Clapper |
| Dandy Nichols | 1st Old Lady |
| Gretchen Franklin | 2nd Old Lady |
| John Junkin | Large Child |
| John Trenaman | Driver |
| Mick Dillon | 1st Replacement |
| Kenneth Colley | 2nd Replacement |
| Patrick Ryan | Writer |
| Charles Wood | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Richard Lester | Director |
| Richard Lester | Producer |
| Denis O'Dell | Associate Producer |
| John Victor Smith | Editor |
| John Stoll | Production Designer |
| Philip Harrison | Production Designer |
| James Liggat (as James Liggatt) | Casting Director |
| David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| Dinah Greet | Costume Designer |
| Ken Thorne | Composer |
| Pepe Lopez Rodero | 1st Assistant Director |