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01/04/2022 War, History, Drama 2h 8m
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Deception. The greatest weapon in war.

Overview

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

  1. Michelle Ashford

    Writer

  2. John Madden

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Colin Firth

    Ewen Montagu

  2. Matthew Macfadyen

    Charles Cholmondeley

  3. Kelly Macdonald

    Jean Leslie

  4. Penelope Wilton

    Hester Leggett

  5. Johnny Flynn

    Ian Fleming

  6. Jason Isaacs

    Admiral John Godfrey

  7. Mark Gatiss

    Ivor Montazac

  8. Hattie Morahan

    Iris Montazac

  9. Paul Ritter

    Bentley Purchase

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2022-05-03
It's nothing that I overly enjoyed, though 'Operation Mincemeat' is a good flick.

A suitably entertaining (true, if likely 'reimagined' and all that) tale is told within roughly 128 minutes, I do think that run time could've been shorter but I wouldn't go as far as to say it drags or anything - I just felt a few moments at the end where it could've been wrapped up quicker, that's all.

Most things in this film are what you'd pretty much expect from a British production of this sort, including the cast which is full of many recognisable faces from across UK television and film. Co...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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