In WW2 M.E. Clifton-Jones was hired by the Americans to impersonate General Montgomery in order to mislead the Germans before the launch of their North Africa offensive. In I WAS MONTY’S DOUBLE, he repeats this incredible but true role, this time also playing himself. Sticking with the North African theme, ICE COLD IN ALEX refers to the beer that an army ambulance Captain has promised himself when he, along with two nurses, a mechanic and a mysterious South African officer, complete their arduous and perilous trek across the deserts of North Africa to Alexandria. Based on a short story by Graham Greene, WENT THE DAY WELL is a superb piece of British wartime propaganda. Disguised German paratroopers set up an advance post for a planned invasion in an unsuspecting British village…

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