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April 6, 2023… #movieoftheday is I was Monty’s Double (1958).
“I Was Monty's Double (titled Hell, Heaven or Hoboken in the U.S.) is a 1958 film produced by the Associated British Picture Corporation and directed by John Guillermin . The screenplay was adapted by Bryan Forbes from the autobiography of M. E. Clifton James , an actor who pretended to be General Bernard Montgomery as a decoy during World War II .” - #wikipedia
PLOT
“A few months before the D-Day landings during World War II, the British government launches a misinformation campaign, spreading a rumor that the landings might occur at a location other than Normandy . The details of the operation are handed to two intelligence officers, Colonel Logan and Major Harvey. They are initially unable to devise such a plan, but one night, Harvey sees an actor at a London theatre performing a convincing impression of General Bernard Montgomery .
“The actor is M. E. Clifton James , a lieutenant stationed in Leicester with the Royal Army Pay Corps and a professional actor during peacetime. He is summoned to London, purportedly to test for an army film, and a plan is devised by which he will tour North Africa impersonating Montgomery.
“James doubts that he can successfully impersonate Montgomery but agrees to try. Disguised as a corporal , he spends time at Montgomery's headquarters and learns to copy the general's mannerisms and style. After an interview with the general, James is dispatched to tour North Africa.
“Accompanied by Harvey, who is playing the role of a brigadier and Montgomery's aide-de-camp, James arrives at Gibraltar , where the governor, who has known Montgomery for years, is astounded by the likeness. To further the deception, local businessman and known German agent Karl Nielson is invited to dinner so that he will learn of and spread the information.
“James and Harvey tour North Africa and visit the troops. With only a few days remaining before the landings, it is learned that the Germans have indeed been fooled and have kept many troops in the south, away from Normandy. His job completed, James hides at a heavily guarded villa on the coast.
“The Germans have been deceived further than Harvey realizes. A team of German commandos are transported by submarine to kidnap Montgomery. They kill his guards and are ready to embark with James but Harvey learns of the kidnapping and foils it at the last moment. They return quietly to London.” - #wikipedia
#fakenewsisnotnew #misinformation
“I Was Monty's Double (titled Hell, Heaven or Hoboken in the U.S.) is a 1958 film produced by the Associated British Picture Corporation and directed by John Guillermin . The screenplay was adapted by Bryan Forbes from the autobiography of M. E. Clifton James , an actor who pretended to be General Bernard Montgomery as a decoy during World War II .” - #wikipedia
PLOT
“A few months before the D-Day landings during World War II, the British government launches a misinformation campaign, spreading a rumor that the landings might occur at a location other than Normandy . The details of the operation are handed to two intelligence officers, Colonel Logan and Major Harvey. They are initially unable to devise such a plan, but one night, Harvey sees an actor at a London theatre performing a convincing impression of General Bernard Montgomery .
“The actor is M. E. Clifton James , a lieutenant stationed in Leicester with the Royal Army Pay Corps and a professional actor during peacetime. He is summoned to London, purportedly to test for an army film, and a plan is devised by which he will tour North Africa impersonating Montgomery.
“James doubts that he can successfully impersonate Montgomery but agrees to try. Disguised as a corporal , he spends time at Montgomery's headquarters and learns to copy the general's mannerisms and style. After an interview with the general, James is dispatched to tour North Africa.
“Accompanied by Harvey, who is playing the role of a brigadier and Montgomery's aide-de-camp, James arrives at Gibraltar , where the governor, who has known Montgomery for years, is astounded by the likeness. To further the deception, local businessman and known German agent Karl Nielson is invited to dinner so that he will learn of and spread the information.
“James and Harvey tour North Africa and visit the troops. With only a few days remaining before the landings, it is learned that the Germans have indeed been fooled and have kept many troops in the south, away from Normandy. His job completed, James hides at a heavily guarded villa on the coast.
“The Germans have been deceived further than Harvey realizes. A team of German commandos are transported by submarine to kidnap Montgomery. They kill his guards and are ready to embark with James but Harvey learns of the kidnapping and foils it at the last moment. They return quietly to London.” - #wikipedia
#fakenewsisnotnew #misinformation
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