I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Directed by

John Guillermin

Genre

spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

11

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An actor is recruited to impersonate a famous general during World War II as a decoy to confuse the enemy. The film follows his attempts to maintain the deception while interacting with real military figures.

wrylight-heartedslow-burnpragmaticunderstatedwarmmildly suspenseful

What happens

I Was Monty's Double (U.S. title: Hell, Heaven or Hoboken) is a 1958 British film directed by John Guillermin and starring M. E. Clifton James, John Mills and Cecil Parker. The screenplay was by Bryan Forbes adapted from the autobiography of Clifton James, an actor who pretended to be General Bernard Montgomery as a decoy during World War II. It was produced by the Associated British Picture Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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