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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Irish spy sent to investigate "Martin"'s backstory visits his fake fiancée... who is legitimately grieving as she's just heard the news her real boyfriend was killed in action. This helps to convince the Germans that "Martin" is genuine.
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* {{Expy}}: George Acres is one to Charles Cholmondely, his RealLife counterpart.
* ForensicPhlebotinum: A lot of this is necessary to convince the enemy.
* GentlemanSnarker: Commander Montagu and Lt Acres.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Several, including Churchill himself.
* HistoryMarchesOn: Per the film's entry on Website/TheOtherWiki, the film was made before it was known that the Nazi spy network in the UK was under the control of the British secret service through their Double Cross system.
* HotLibrarian: Lucy Sherwood, roommate of Pam the intell analyst.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay
* {{Expy}}: George Acres is one to Charles Cholmondely, his RealLife counterpart.
* ForensicPhlebotinum: A lot of this is necessary to convince the enemy.
* GentlemanSnarker: Commander Montagu and Lt Acres.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Several, including Churchill himself.
* HistoryMarchesOn: Per the film's entry on Website/TheOtherWiki, the film was made before it was known that the Nazi spy network in the UK was under the control of the British secret service through their Double Cross system.
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*TheFilmOfTheBook: The film was adapted from the real Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu's 1953 memoir of same title.
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* InventedIndividual: Major Martin.
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* RealPersonCameo: The real Ewan Montagu as an Air Marshal who is extremely sceptical of Montagu's plan. Montagu and his fellow mastermind Charles Cholmondeley both acted as uncredited consultants on the film, but only Montagu would agree to appear onscreen.
* RuleOfDrama: in RealLife it worked too well to make a movie and was pretty much ThePerfectCrime. That had to be modified.
* TheSpymaster: Montagu and Admiral Canaris.
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* TheStrategist: Montagu and Acres
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* RealPersonCameo: The real Ewan Ewen Montagu appears as an Air Marshal who is extremely sceptical of Montagu's plan. Montagu and his fellow mastermind Charles Cholmondeley both acted as uncredited consultants on the film, but only Montagu would agree to appear onscreen.
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** That was the RealLife Montagu's version anyway. The popular historian Ben Macintyre disagreed somewhat.
** The body of the real Glyndwr Michael was used without his family being told anything about it.
* ThoseWackyNazis
* WorthyOpponent: The Irish Nationalist working for the Germans. Also Admiral Canaris the [[TheSpymaster German Spymaster]].
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This 1956 British espionage thriller, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Creator/CliftonWebb and Creator/GloriaGrahame, is the story of a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII plot to deceive German intelligence regarding the then-imminent invasion of southern Europe by the Allied forces.
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This 1956 British espionage thriller, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Creator/CliftonWebb and Creator/GloriaGrahame, is the story of a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII plot to deceive German intelligence regarding the then-imminent invasion of southern Europe by the Allied forces.
forces. The film was adapted from a 1953 memoir of same title by Ewen Montagu (played by Webb in the film), a serving Royal Navy intelligence officer then ranked lieutenant commander.
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This 1956 British espionage thriller, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Clifton Webb Creator/CliftonWebb and Creator/GloriaGrahame, is the story of a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII plot to deceive German intelligence regarding the then-imminent invasion of southern Europe by the Allied forces.
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