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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

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1094: 310:) to go along with the locals' wishes. Christian convinces Cash to send a message to headquarters that they have encountered resistance. During an aerial reconnaissance of the town, the Germans mistake the festival for an attack. A nearby German Panzer unit is ordered to come to the Italians' aid, but the Americans accidentally end up conquering all. 299:, an outfit of U.S. soldiers is assigned to capture the small town of "Valerno", but upon arrival, they discover that the Italian Army garrison led by Captain Fausto Oppo (Sergio Fantoni) have been expecting them. They will willingly surrender, provided they are permitted to complete a soccer match and a wine festival. 36: 435:
William Peter Blatty recalled that Edwards and he originally agreed to make the film grim and without comedy for the first 20 minutes. This idea was shelved when, during the scene where Captain Cash visits Charlie Company at their chow line, he holds out his hand and one of the GI mess orderlies
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The title of the film came to Edwards when he was asked the question by his son Geoffrey. As Edwards was having marital problems at the time, he did not want to leave the United States, so Mirisch Productions agreed to film the movie in
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The film was the first of what was originally intended to be six Mirisch-Geoffrey Productions between Edwards and the Mirisch Company. Only one other film,
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Romance and frivolity ensue, as a reluctant, by-the-book Capt. Cash (
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Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?

Blake Edwards
William Peter Blatty
Maurice Richlin
James Coburn
Aldo Ray
Dick Shawn
Sergio Fantoni
Giovanna Ralli
Carroll O'Connor
Harry Morgan
Philip H. Lathrop
Ralph E. Winters
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Henry Mancini
The Mirisch Company
United Artists
DeLuxe Color
William Peter Blatty
Blake Edwards
Mirisch Company
Panavision
James Coburn
Dick Shawn
Allied invasion of Sicily
Dick Shawn
James Coburn
James Coburn

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