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Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
Keywords
world war ii
home front
seaside town
1940s
home guard
based on tv series
Casts

Arthur Lowe
Captain George Mainwaring

John Le Mesurier
Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Clive Dunn
Lance Corporal Jack Jones

John Laurie
Private James Frazer

James Beck
Private Joe Walker

Arnold Ridley
Private Charles Godfrey

Ian Lavender
Private Frank Pike

Liz Fraser
Mrs. Mavis Pike

Bernard Archard
Major General Fullard

Derek Newark
Regimental Sergeant-Major

Bill Pertwee
A.R.P. Warden Hodges

Frank Williams
Reverend Timothy Farthing

Edward Sinclair
Verger Henry Yeatman

Anthony Sagar
Police Sergeant

Pat Coombs
Mrs. Hall

Roger Maxwell
General Wilkins

Paul Dawkins
Nazi General

Sam Kydd
Nazi Orderly
Michael Knowles
Staff Captain
Fred Griffiths
Bert King
John Baskcomb
Mayor
George Roubicek
German Radio Operator
Scott Fredericks
Nazi Photographer
Ingo Mogendorf
Nazi Pilot
Franz Van Norde
Franz
John Henderson
Elliott
Harriet Rhys
Miss Janet King

Dervis Ward
A.A. Man
Robert Raglan
Inspector Hardcastle

John D. Collins
Lieutenant Short
Alan Haines
Marine Officer
Desmond Cullum-Jones
Private Desmond
Colin Bean
Private Sponge
Frank Godfrey
Private
Freddie Wiles
Private
Freddie White
Private
Leslie Noyes
Private Lesley
David Fennell
Private
Hugh Hastings
Private Hastings
George Hancock
Private Hancock
Bernard Severn
Private
Alvar Liddell
Self (voice)
Donald Campbell
Townsman (uncredited)
Harold Coyne
Townsman (uncredited)
George Curtis
Townsman (uncredited)

Anthony Eden
Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Townsman (uncredited)
Jason James
Hostage (uncredited)
Pat Judge
Townsman (uncredited)
Maureen Nelson
German Corporal (uncredited)
Fred Peck
Townsman (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
Army Officer (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Townsman (uncredited)
Reg Turner
German Naval Officer (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Townsman (uncredited)
Crews

Jimmy Perry
Screenplay

Jimmy Perry
Idea
Norman Cohen
Director

David Croft
Screenplay
Wilfred Burns
Original Music Composer
Terry Maher
Director of Photography
Ken Ritchie
Sound Recordist
Terry Knight
Art Direction
Backdrops & Posters

