Weren't we clever?

I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Directed by John Guillermin this film based on a true story stars M. E. Clifton James (as himself), John Mills and Cecil Parker. During WW2 British intelligence use an actor to convince the Germans that General Montgomery is in North Africa rather than in England before D-Day.

This is a fairly interesting story but unfortunately it seems that some liberties have been taken with the sort in favour of spicing up the action. Where the film sticks to the truth it is pretty good but seems to have left out some details which would have been interesting, such as the involvement of David Niven. Generally the film is fairly well made and fits into the general trend of British 50s war films show casing how the war was won but a more truthful account would have been preferable.

2/5