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I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Director: John Guillermin

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Released in America under the marvellous title of Heaven, Hell and Hoboken, I Was Monty's Double is a low-budget tour de force. Based on real events - an actor (James, who really was used as a double for General Montgomery during the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II) is hired to impersonate Monty and so confuse the Germans by popping up in odd places - the film neatly uses the elevation of a nobody to honoured hero to question the notions of heroism that so many British war movies unquestioningly supported. Highly enjoyable.

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Cast & crew

Director: John Guillermin

Producer: Maxwell Seton

Cast: John Mills, Cecil Parker, ME Clifton James, Marius Goring, Michael Hordern, Leslie Phillips, Patrick Allen, Bryan Forbes, Victor Maddern, John Le Mesurier full cast

Duration: 100 mins


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