How I Won the War

1967
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1h 49m

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5.5/10

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John Lennon and Michael Crawford in How I Won the War (1967)

An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

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Dark Comedy Farce Satire Comedy War

An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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How I Won The War: Gunfire

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How I Won The War: Gunfire

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How I Won The War: Artists

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How I Won The War: Goodbody's Peptalk

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Trivia
John Lennon wrote "Strawberry Fields Forever" while shooting this movie in Spain.

Goofs
When Goodbody lands on the beach, he eventually comes across rows of helmets with black capercaillie feathers, representing a military graveyard, with a French flag at half-mast. No French troops wore helmets like this, but the Italian Bersaglieiri did.

Quotes
Gripweed: And I'm not a thief, really. I've never found anything worth keeping.

Connections
Featured in Film Review: Film Review (1967)

Soundtracks
Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart
(uncredited)
Written by Eberhard Storch, English language lyrics written by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons
Performed by Vera Lynn With Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces

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Featured review

9/10

sheep in wolf's clothing

An anti-war film in disguise... As a "fan" of war films but also a "peacenik" I love this movie. Aside from the fact that i am an overtly biased Beatles' fan this film is an intellectual riot. John Lennon co-stars with the star of Hello Dolly as members of a British military unit saddled with the ridiculous duty of building a cricket pitch during the invasion of North Africa! Filled with ironic black war humor, it suffers a little from the predictable muddle of most 60's films.

Something interesting to note is that John Lennon is first seen wearing his trademark round spectacles in this movie. Having been asked (for some reason) to wear the glasses for the film he continued to wear them for the rest of his life!

This movie is a must for all Lennon fans.