What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966 film by Blake Edwards
Movie film Q1662410
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Summary

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a film[1]. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was directed by Blake Edwards[4].
  • William Peter Blatty wrote the screenplay for What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?[5].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s composer is recorded as Ray Evans[6].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s genre is war film[7].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s genre is comedy film[8].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was James Coburn[9].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Aldo Ray[10].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Dick Shawn[11].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Sergio Fantoni[12].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Giovanna Ralli[13].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Carroll O'Connor[14].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Harry Morgan[15].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Vito Scotti[16].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Kurt Kreuger[17].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Leon Askin[18].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Herb Andress[19].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Robert Carricart[20].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Jay Novello[21].
  • A cast member of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Herb Ellis[22].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was produced by Blake Edwards[23].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s production company is recorded as The Mirisch Company[24].
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s director of photography is recorded as Philip H. Lathrop[25].
  • The original language of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was English[26].
  • The original language of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was Italian[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1966[30]

  • Genre(s): jazz, swing[31]

  • Community tags: jazz, swing[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d9c18b8d-2cdb-4214-b768-cc469e1d0882[33]

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Authorship and Creation

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was produced by Blake Edwards[23]. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was directed by Blake Edwards[4]. William Peter Blatty wrote the screenplay for What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?[5]. Cast members include James Coburn[9], Aldo Ray[10], Dick Shawn[11], Sergio Fantoni[12], Giovanna Ralli[13], and Carroll O'Connor[14].

Publication

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was published on January 1, 1966[34]. Original languages include English[26], Italian[27], and German[35]. Genres include war film[7] and comedy film[8]. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? was distributed by video on demand[36].

Subject and Themes

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'s main subject is World War II[37].

Reception

Reviews include 5.8/10[38] and 50%[39].

Why It Matters

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[2] What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  4. 19w ago · Reubot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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