
Overview:
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.Status: | Released (1956-04-03) |
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Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 4 nominations total |
Screen: | Nigel Balchin, Ewen Montagu |
Productions: | Sumar Productions |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English, Deutsch, Latin, Español |

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A bit like "I Was Monty's Double" (1958), this is a clever tale of British counter-espionage based on a true story. An RNVR officer Ewan Montagu (Clifton Webb) hits on the idea of arranging for the body of a senior British officer to be washed up on the shores of Spain complete with ....
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