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How I Won the War (1967)

Director: Richard Lester

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From Time Out Film Guide

Dated, maybe, but Lester's gruesomely black anti-war comedy still looks inventive, and manages occasionally to hit home with its blend of surreal lunacy and barbed satire. Concerning the futile mission of a troop of British soldiers in Egypt during World War II, sent behind enemy lines to set up a cricket pitch to impress a visiting VIP, Charles Wood's script, which attacks war movie conventions as much as war itself, is not always well served by Lester's determinedly zany direction; but the performances are well attuned to the single-minded mood of brash bitterness.

Author: GA 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Richard Lester

Producer: Richard Lester

Cast: Michael Crawford full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 110 mins


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