How I Won the War poster

How I Won the War Cast & Characters

NR 1967 · 1h 49m 57 Audience

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Richard Lester

Screenplay

Charles Wood

Based on

Patrick Ryan

Producers

Richard Lester

Music

Ken Thorne

Cinematography

David Watkin

Editor

John Victor-Smith

Costume design

Dinah Greet

Casting

James Liggat

Full cast

32 cast members

Michael Crawford

Michael Hordern

Melancholy Musketeer

Karl Michael Vogler

American General

British General

Mrs. Clapper's Friend

1st Replacement

2nd Replacement

Happy Trousered Man

Gretchen Franklin

Richard Pearson

Old Man at Alamein

Norman Chappell

Henry Bridgehouse, soldier at Alamein

Bill Dysart

Paratrooper

Pauline Taylor

Woman in Desert

Norman Mitchell

Crew by department

22 crew members

Directing

José López Rodero

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Writing

Patrick Ryan

Novel

Production

Associate Producer

Camera

Camera Operator

Editing

John Victor-Smith

Sound

Gerry Humphreys

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Philip Harrison

Visual Effects

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Costume Designer

Casting

Other

Phyllis Crocker

Hubert Fröhlich

Unit Manager