The last scene in the tower pushes the film just a bit too far but who cares as long as Wendy Hiller gets Roger Livesey at the end. Deborah Kerr is the Irish lass whose IRA sympathies are used by the Germans to make her a Nazi spy. Fascinating comedy-thriller from Launder and Gilliat which is almost impossible to imagine being made now. He's played by real-life double M.E. Clifton James and the story has been adapted from his autobiography. It's a fun telling of one of the most unusual stories of the war, and packed with stars.
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Though it is best remembered for Peter Sellers' portrayal of the bolshie shop steward Fred Kite, this is a wonderfully even-handed look at the class struggle. Funny and nasty and though Trades Unionism may have changed, human nature certainly hasn't. Small group of Brits get separated from the army during the desert campaign and have to make their way through the desert to Alexandria. In their midst is Anthony Quayle who claims to be South African but might be working for the Germans. Leading the group is John Mills , fighting to keep off the bottle and giving one of his best performances.