Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came (a.k.a War Games, Old Soldiers Never) was a 1970 feature film.

The plot is a mixture of comic and dramatic elements and concerns the reactions of a number of World War II veterans to the then (1969) contemporary US army.

Directed by Hy Averback

Hy Averback

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 and produced by Fred Engles, the film includes Brian Keith

Brian Keith

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, Don Ameche

Don Ameche

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, Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama...

, and Pamela Britton

Pamela Britton

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 in leading roles.

The title is derived from an American slogan from the Vietnam era (popularized by Charlotte E. Keyes), perhaps most notably used as part of the lyric to the song "Zor and Zam

Zor and Zam

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" on The Monkees

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' 1968 album The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees

The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees

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External links

• Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came-BFI
  British Film Institute
  The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
  
  Database entry.
• Charlotte E. Keyes, "'Suppose They Gave a War and No One Came'" (McCall's, October 1966)