Monday, August 13, 2012

What Did You Do In The War, Daddy? (1966)


When General Bolt (Carroll O’Connor) asks “by the book” Captain Lionel Cash (Dick Shawn what to do with a little town of Valerno Italy during WWII, Cash tells him to go by the book and capture the town.  With that answer Bolt gives Cash the command of War Weary Company C to lead the attack and take the city.  Begrudgingly, the company takes the task because Lieutenant Christian (James Coburn) is told by Cash that they must.



Upon arrive in the town they find a very willing army and town that wants to surrender, the only problem is that they do not want to surrender until after their towns wine festival that night.  Let the fun begin.  Christian wires back to command that they have run into a little resistance, just to allow for the town to have their party.  Little did he know that command was going to send in Major Pott (Harry Morgan) to oversee the resistance.



This movie turns into a fun cat and mouse chase that involves three countries.  With this movie you will just have to sit back and enjoy.    It is family friendly for older children who can follow the plot line of ‘who is on first’.  I give this show four solid  enjoyment stars (There are no Oscar worthy performances in this one); it is worth it just to see Harry Morgan in such an incredibly funny roll.

1 comment:

Ryan Lambert said...

Just added this to my queue, it looks hilarious I have never heard of it.