Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
Godfrey Tearle
Count Piccologrando
Maria Denis
Lucrezia
Peter Ustinov
Pvt. Angelo
Marjorie Rhodes
Countess
James Robertson Justice
Feste
Moyna MacGill
Marchesa Dolce
Robin Bailey
Simon Telfer
Harry Locke
Cpl. Trivet
Bill Shine
Col. Michael
John Harvey
Cpl. McCunn
Diana Graves
Lucia
Michael Anderson
Director
Eric Linklater
Novel
Producer
Screenplay
Nadia Benois
Costume Design
Charles Hasse
Editor
John Howell
Art Direction
Erwin Hillier
Cinematography