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How I Won the War

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1967

109 minutes (1 hrs 49 mins)

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Directed by

Richard Lester

Starring

Michael Crawford · John Lennon · Roy Kinnear · Lee Montague · Jack MacGowran · Michael Hordern

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Release dates

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US release: 23rd October 1967

Denmark release date

Denmark release: 28th October 1967

Sweden release date

Sweden release: 30th October 1967

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