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

The biggest problem with What Did You Do In The War Daddy? ( besides the waste of a Director Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther) and screenplay ( William Peter Blatty ( who wrote The Exorcist)), is it had a lot of scenes that reminded me of other and ( better) movies ( before and after). Take the scene with General Max Bolt ( Carroll O'Connor). Seeing him driven up in a jeep in Italy, and being honored was repeated in Kelly's Heroes ( this time in France). The "Fish Out Of Water" American soldier coupled with the lusty Italian lady ( here Captain Lionel Cash ( Dick Shawn) and. Gina Romano ( the stunning Giovanna Ralli) was done better in The Pigeon That Took Rome ( Charlton Heston and Elsa Martinelli ( I love Elsa so I am extremely biased here), and The Secret War Of Harry Frigg ( Paul Newman.and Sylva Koscina). Even the storyline (a comedy then becoming serious when the Germans showed up) was done here then repeated much more effectively in Frigg. One other point, at the end of Frigg, Frigg (Newman) introduces The Countess Fancesca De Montefore (Koscina) to Brigadier General Prentiss ( James Gregory), and adds Frigg to it letting Prentiss ( and the audience) know they are getting married. At the end of Pigeon, Captain Paul MacDougall ( Heston) asks Antonella Massimo ( Elsa) "Is there is a place in this town where a Protestant can get married?" The reaction to that by Elsa shows it is a yes! Here at the end you see Gina entertaining Bolt and Cash helped set this up. Spoilers ahead:,It is also interesting to note that Gina got far more intimate with Cash then Francesca did with Frigg and (especially) Antonella did with MacDougall. Why would Cash use a girl he really likes as a "Honey Trap" for his Commander? Very strange. One other point: The title of the movie: Who was the "Daddy" the title of the movie was referring to? Was it Cash ( marrying Gina)? Was it. Lt. Christian ( James Coburn)? Or someone else? That movie should have had a different title or been told in flashback. Basically this movie could have been a lot better. I give the movie 3 stars: All for looking at Giovanna Ralli.