Cast & Crew

Directed by

Richard Attenborough

Writing Credits

Charles Chilton
(based on Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop Production by, and the members of the original cast)
Ted Allan
(after a stage treatment by)
Len Deighton
(screenplay) (uncredited)

Cast

Wendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Colin Farrell
Harry Arnold Smith
Malcolm McFee
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
John Rae
Grandpa Smith
Corin Redgrave
Bertram Biddle 'Bertie' Smith
Maurice Roëves
George Patrick Michael Smith
Paul Shelley
Jack Henry Smith
Kim Smith
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Angela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Mary Wimbush
Mary Emma Smith
Vincent Ball
Australian Soldier
Pia Colombo
Estaminet Singer
Paul Daneman
Czar Nicholas II
Isabel Dean
Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer
Fritz
Robert Flemyng
Major Mallory - Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Meriel Forbes
Lady Pamela Grey
Ian Holm
President Raymond Poincaré
David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Joe Melia
The Photographer
Guy Middleton
General Sir William Robertson
Juliet Mills
Nurse
Nanette Newman
Nurse
Cecil Parker
Sir John
Natasha Parry
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald Sim
Chaplain
Thorley Walters
Staff Officer in Ballroom
Anthony Ainley
3rd Aide
Penelope Allen
Solo Chorus Girl
Maurice Arthur
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Freddie Ascott
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Michael Bates
Drunk Lance Corporal
Fanny Carby
Mill Girl
Cecilia Darby
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Geoffrey Davies
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Edward Fox
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
George Ghent
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Peter Gilmore
Private Burgess
Ben Howard
Private Garbett
Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier
Paddy Joyce
Irish Soldier
Angus Lennie
Scottish Soldier
Harry Locke
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Clifford Mollison
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
John Owens
Seamus Moore
Ron Pember
Corporal at Railway Station
Dorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Norman Shelley
Staff Officer in Ballroom
Marianne Stone
Mill Girl
John Trigger
Officer at Railway Station
Kathleen Wileman
Emma Smith - Age 4
Dirk Bogarde
Stephen
Phyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy Haig
Jean-Pierre Cassel
French Colonel
John Clements
General Helmuth von Moltke
John Gielgud
Count Leopold von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins
Emperor Franz Joseph
Kenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Laurence Olivier
Field-Marshal Sir John French
Michael Redgrave
General Sir Henry Wilson
Vanessa Redgrave
Sylvia Pankhurst
Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Grey
Maggie Smith
Music Hall Star
Susannah York
Eleanor
John Mills
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Band of the Irish Guards
Military Band in Brighton
Pamela Abbott
Czarina Alexandra
Jack Armstrong
British Officer
Charlotte Attenborough
Emma Smith - Age 8
Roy Beck
American GI
Annie Bee
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'
Norman Bird
Training Sergeant
Joanne Brown
Singer
Christopher Cabot
Soldier in Shell Hole
Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man
Frank Coda
Soldier in 'Goodbyee'
Ambrose Coghill
His Father
Kenneth Colley
Irish Soldier
Maurice Connor
New Recruit
Stella Courtney
Poincaré's Lady
Sheila Cox
Chorus Girl
Elizabeth Craven
Kaiserin Augusta
Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party
John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier
Ray Edwards
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom
Charles Farrell
Policeman
Hermione Farthingale
Chorus Girl
Frank Forsyth
President Woodrow Wilson
Joyce Franklin
Chorus Girl
John Gabriel
Nikolai Lenin
Zeph Gladstone
Sir John's Chauffeuse
Ruth Gower
General von Moltke's Lady
Kim Grant
Soldier in 'Goodbyee'
Carole Gray
Chorus Girl
Paul Hansard
German Officer
Kathleen Helme
Berchtold's Lady
Richard Howard
Young Soldier at Mons
John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony
David Jason
Sergeant
Dinny Jones
Chorus Girl
Lind Joyce
Scoreboard Girl
Dolores Judson
Haig's Girlfriend
Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie
Stanley Lebor
Soldier in Gassed Trench
Delia Linden
Chorus Girl
Richard Loring
Soldier in 'Goodbyee'
Tom Marshall
Soldier in 'Goodbyee'
Stanley McGeagh
Soldier in Gassed Trench
Jay McGrath
British Officer
Isabelle Metcalfe
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'
Jenny Morgan
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'
Anthony Morton
Italian Military Attaché
Christine Noonan
Mill Girl
Wensley Pithey
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché
Andrew Robertson
2nd Scottish Soldier
Sue Robinson
Chorus Girl
David Scheuer
French Soldier
Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl
Tina Simmons
Theatre Guest
Valerie Smith
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'
Alecia St Leger
British Officer's Wife
Guy Standeven
American Officer
Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl
P.G. Stephens
Irish Soldier
Tony Thawnton
Officer on Telephone
Christian Thorogood
Irish Soldier
Brian Tipping
4th Scottish Soldier
Colin Vancao
Officer
Bette Vivian
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Tony Vogel
German Soldier
Arthur White
Sergeant in Dugout
Ian Wilson
Salvation Army
Michael Wolf
German Officer
John Woodnutt
British Officer
Julia Wright
Haig's Secretary
Mary Yeomans
Scoreboard Girl

Produced by

Richard Attenborough
producer
Mac Davidson
associate producer (as Mack Davidson)
Len Deighton
producer (uncredited)
Brian Duffy
producer

Cinematography by

Gerry Turpin
director of photography

Editing by

Kevin Connor

Casting By

Miriam Brickman

Production Design by

Donald M. Ashton
(as Don Ashton)

Art Direction by

Harry White

Costume Design by

Anthony Mendleson

Makeup Department

Biddy Chrystal
chief hairdresser
Stuart Freeborn
makeup supervisor

Production Management

John Comfort
production manager
Paul Hitchcock
executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Claude Watson
assistant director
Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe
second second assistant director (uncredited)
Drummond Riddell
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Ron Baker
property buyer
Albert Blackshaw
construction manager
Peter James
set dresser
Jack Towns
stand-by propertyman
Peter Wood
scenic artist
Tim Hutchinson
draughtsman (uncredited)
Maurice Stewart
props (uncredited)

Sound Department

Tom Buchanan
boom operator
Don Challis
sound editor
Peter Handford
special sound effects
Brian Holland
sound editor
Gerry Humphreys
dubbing mixer
Simon Kaye
sound mixer
Bill Barringer
sound assistant (uncredited)
Robin O'Donoghue
assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Ron Ballanger
special effects
Brian Gamby
special effects (uncredited)
Fred Heather
special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns
special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Fred Anderson
electrical supervisor
David Cripps
photographer: title sequence
Pat Newman
camera grip
Michael Sarafian
camera assistant
Ronnie Taylor
camera operator
Eddie Collins
clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
Michael Garfath
clapper loader (uncredited)
Ian McMillan
camera operator: helicopter (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Brian Owen-Smith
wardrobe master
Eileen Sullivan
wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department

Peter Hollywood
assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Bryan Coates
location manager

Music Department

Michael Clifford
music editor
E.G. Horabin
director of music: The Orchestra of the Corps of Royal Engineers [Aldershot] (as Captain E. G. Horabin L R A M A R C M p s m R E)
C.H. Jaeger
director of music: The Band of the Irish Guards (as Lieut-Colonel C. H. Jaeger O B E Mus Bac L R A M A R C M p s m)
Alfred Ralston
composer: incidental music / conductor: incidental music / the songs orchestrated by
Eric Tomlinson
music recordist

Script and Continuity Department

Ann Skinner
continuity

Additional Crew

Douglas Campbell
military adviser (as Major-General Sir Douglas Campbell KBE CB DSO MC)
Eleanor Fazan
choreographer
Raymond Hawkey
titles designed by
Joan Littlewood
producer: Theatre Workshop production
Ann M. Paterson
production secretary (as Ann Paterson)
May Routh
production research
Derek Tarrant
production accountant
Ron Bareham
assistant accountant (uncredited)
Pam Rose
stand-in/double (uncredited)
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