Regie:
Ronald NeameScenario:
Nigel BalchinMuziek:
Alan RawsthorneActeurs:
Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Joan Hickson, Terence Longdon, Cyril Cusack, André Morell (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Clifton Webb stars in this fascinating account of a daring intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. In an effort to convince the Germans to redeploy their defenses, Lt. Commander Montagu (Webb) creates a false English officer and fabricates letters that indicate the British intend to land in Greece. Montagu than plants these documents on a dead man and orchestrates the "discovery" of this "officer" on the coast of Spain, Knowing the papers will fall into German hands. What follows is a taut cat-and mouse game as British Intelligence waits for Berlin to respond, then races to stay one step ahead of the Nazi agent dispatched to determine if the dead man is genuine. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Prijzen
- winnaar
- nominatie
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1957 - Nigel Balchin (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1957 - Best Film
- 1957 - Outstanding British Film
- 1957 - Stephen Boyd (Most Promising Newcomer to Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1956 - Ronald Neame (Golden Palm - Official Competition)