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Budget $7,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 56 minutes
Country USA
Studio Mirisch Company, United Artists
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Other Titles
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
• Was hast du denn im Krieg gemacht, Pappi? (1966)
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Genre: War, Comedy, Military, World War II
Plot: James Coburn stars as Lieutenant Christian in Blake Edwards's whimsical WWII comedy. In Sicily, Allied forces have begun the invasion of Italy. A war-weary company commanded by Captain Cash (Dick Shawn), a stickler for regulations, is assigned to occupy a small town being held by the Italian army. When they arrive during a soccer game, Italian commander Captain Oppo (Sergio Fantoni) requests that the Americans not take take the town until after the soccer game and an important wine festival have concluded in order to preserve their honor. The wily Christian persuades Cash to agree. The Americans and Italians happily join forces for an all-day, all-night bacchanal of wine, women, and song. However, their partying is observed by U.S. and German reconaissance planes who mistake the revelry for streetfighting, and they quickly decide to come to the aid of their respective allies. When the Germans arrive, they find drunken G.I.s in both American and German uniforms and, despite the confusion, begin to round them up. When a fresh American unit arrives, things start to get really interesting.
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Blake Edwards
Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria |
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| Blake Edwards
City Heat, Soldier in the Rain, The Notorious Landlady |
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 | Dick Shawn
The Producers, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Love at First Bite | Sergio Fantoni
The Belly of an Architect, Von Ryan's Express, The Prize | Giovanna Ralli
C'eravamo tanto amati, Generale della Rovere, Il, The Mercenary | Aldo Ray
The Secret of NIMH, The Green Berets, We're No Angels | | | |
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