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- BFI identifier33888
- Date1958 (Copyright)
1959-01-19 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisBased on Lieut. M.E. Clifton James' own story of his successful attempt to deceive the Germans regarding General Montgomery's pre-D. Day movements. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe following statement appears after the opening credits: 'The story you are about to see is the story of one of the boldest deceptions of our time in which Mayrick Clifton James, late of Her Majesty's Pay Corps, re-enacts his own real-life role. The producer is deeply grateful to H.E. The Governor and Commander-in-Chief and those members of the Administration and Services at Gibraltar in March 1958, who rendered their invaluable assistance in the reconstruction of certain scenes of this film.' Actors Bryan Forbes and Walter Gotell are cited as such in the opening credits, but as 'Brian Forbes' and 'Walter Gottell' in the closing cast list. Actor Victor Maddern is cited as 'orderly sergeant' in the closing cast list, but is referred to as 'staff sergeant' in the film itself.
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- CreditsDirected by: John Guillermin
©/Production Company: Film Traders Limited
©/Production Company: Setfair Productions
view all - CastJohn Mills (Major Harvey)
Cecil Parker (Colonel E.F. Logan)
Michael Hordern ('Rusty', the Governor of Gibraltar)
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Title
I Was Monty's Double (Original)
Monty's Double (Working)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/6512-A284-F1EC-73E1-1AD2-BCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
DVD - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Book by M.E. Clifton James - SCR-10404
Script - Original story: Book by M.E. Clifton James - SCR-10405
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-33888
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-33888
Small and medium pressbooks held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-2658757
Photograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-2658758
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2658759
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2658760
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2658761
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Work - 33888 - 1958 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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