Product: The Man Who Never Was (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Tales of British wartime Derring-Do!
It IS a true tale and a lot of the detail is correct - till about half way through when an "Irish spy" arrives in the UK on behalf of the Germans. Not needed in the real world story - the twist is needed to add some tension at the end of the film.Clifton Webb acts like Clifton Webb - that is to say like a plank of wood! However for the period it is well done.Spot the pennant number on a Castle Class frigate in the background of one scene and then go and watch "The Cruel Sea". Guess the Admiralty "lent" the British cinema the same ship in more than one movie!Topical (early 2008) because as of late the identiy of the "body" used in the real war has become subject of fresh debate.