Review of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Despite Blake Edwards fine attention to detail and handsome production values, this whole thing is just a mess. Some of the opening battle scenes are nicely done, despite what appears to be some homemade battle gear. Shawn, as usual, is nervous and ineffective, but no doubt in the 60's he had some sort of appeal on a comic level. Coburn, is, well, looking as if at any minute he is going to break into the Bear Dance; bored stiff, and just walking through the entire production (something he does so well makes you wonder if this is his entire acting repertoire. And then there is old archie bunker. Yuck, yuck, and double yuck. He repeated this performance a bit more effectively in Kelly's Heroes a few years later, but his appearance on the screen just slows down the narrative. Only recommend this if there are no reruns of Green Acres to be had.