Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go A.W.O.L. and invade occupied France on their own.Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go A.W.O.L. and invade occupied France on their own.Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go A.W.O.L. and invade occupied France on their own.
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- TriviaThe epilogue states: "King and Cuthbertson never saw each other again. Sergeant Peter King was transferred to active service where he won the M.C. He was awarded the D.S.O. in Korea and finally promoted to Major. He retired to New Zealand and died in a motoring accident in 1962. Private Leslie Cuthbertson was transferred to the Durham Light Infantry and also survived the war. In 1967, he was made Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He died in 1995."
- GoofsDuring the attack on the German Listening Post the Sergeant climbs over a container to get onto the roof. This type of container wasn't invented until 20 years later in the 1960s.
- Quotes
Maj. Bates: An army that can't bite is an army that can't fight.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Two More Men Went to War (2003)
- Soundtracks(We're Going to Hang Out) The Washing on the Siegfried Line
Written by Michael Carr (as Carr) and Jimmy Kennedy (as Kennedy)
Performed by Flanagan and Allen
Featured review
What superb movie. The tale of two English dentists, who, before D-day, decide to invade France on their own. The result is one of the most enjoyable war-movies I have ever seen. It starts of quite slow, but the pacing suits the story. There are no big build-ups leading to massive machine-gun fights with lots of dead Germans and gore. Rather, you are kept in suspense to whether their comical blunders will bear any results or whether they will manage not to kill themselves by mistake in the process. It had myself and most of my family laughing within the first couple of minutes, and we never really stopped till the end. Bravo! I hope to see more movies like this.
- scottheleen
- Nov 3, 2006
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- 2 Men Went to War
- Filming locations
- Charlestown, Cornwall, England, UK(Port scenes, Pub scenes)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $151,435
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,672
- Mar 28, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $218,378
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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