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Apr 20, 2015akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 1956 WWII espionage film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the book of the same name by Leutenant Commander Ewen Montagu. It is about "Operation Mincemeat"---a 1943 British Intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking "Operation Husky (the Allied invasion of Sicily)" would take place elsewhere. Discovered on the beach of Spain is the body of an intelligence officer called Major William Martin with military identification and letters in his pockets that describe a forthcoming invasion of Greece by the British. Then, a Nazi spy is dispatched to London under orders to discover whether the information found on the corpse is genuine. What follows is a taut cat-and-mouse game as British Intelligence races to stay one step ahead of the Nazi agent. It is a suspenseful, thrilling, gripping and profoundly entertaining film.