"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
as Count Piccologrando
Maria Denis
as Lucrezia
Peter Ustinov
as Pvt. Angelo
Marjorie Rhodes
as Countess
James Robertson Justice
as Feste
Moyna MacGill
as Marchesa Dolce
Robin Bailey
as Simon Telfer
Harry Locke
as Cpl. Trivet
Bill Shine
as Col. Michael
John Harvey
as Cpl. McCunn
Diana Graves
as Lucia
Director
Michael Anderson
Screenplay
Eric Linklater
Novel
Producer
Erwin Hillier
Cinematography
Charles Hasse
Editor
John Howell
Art Direction
Nadia Benois
Costume Design