Michael Crawford
Lt. Goodbody
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How I Won the War is a 1967 British black comedy film starring Michael Crawford, Jack MacGowran, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, and John Lennon in his only non-musical acting role. The film, which was directed and produced by Richard Lester, is based upon the 1963 novel of the same name by Patrick Ryan.
How I Won the War: Directed by Richard Lester. With Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague. An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Captured by German soldiers, British officer Ernest Goodbody (Michael Crawford) details his history as a commanding officer. While he describes himself as a noble and heroic officer, the truth is...
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Dec 31, 2014 · Captured by German soldiers, British officer Ernest Goodbody (Michael Crawford) details his history as a commanding officer. While he describes himself as a...
Mar 4, 2018 · How I Won the War (1967) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] HD Retro Trailers. 109K subscribers. 4.3K. 258K views 6 years ago. ...more. Dirtected by Richard Lester. With Michael Crawford, John...
In a twist of surrealism, each soldier that dies under the Lieutenant's command returns immediately after, replaced by a soldier painted to resemble a plastic army man. From Goodbody's perspective, that man is still alive.
Based on the novel by. Richard Lester's "How I Won the War" could have been titled "How I Made an Anti-War Film" and the irony would have been the same. Lester has no more made an anti-war film, than has Goodbody, his hero, won the war.
Odlebog, who is simply obeying orders and finds the whole business of war quite inhumane, is killed beneath a tank navigated by Grapple. The present-day Goodbody, holding a lonely reunion for his men, is left to reminisce with the sole survivor, the cowardly Melancholy Musketeer.
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
How I Won the War is a black comedy film directed and produced by Richard Lester, released in 1967, based on a novel of the same name by Patrick Ryan. The film stars Michael Crawford as bungling British Army Officer Lieutenant Earnest Goodbody, with John Lennon (in his only non-musical role, as Musketeer Gripweed), Jack MacGowran (Musketeer ...
