A German Agent in Libya is allowed to get back to Rommel with false information.A German Agent in Libya is allowed to get back to Rommel with false information.A German Agent in Libya is allowed to get back to Rommel with false information.
Howard Marion-Crawford
- British Major
- (as Howard Marion Crawford)
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- TriviaThe real-life equivalent of the James Robertson Justice character was actually in Army Intelligence, not Naval Intelligence, as in this movie. The change was made because Justice refused to shave off his trademark beard, and Army officers were not allowed them.
- ConnectionsEdited from Rommel ruft Kairo (1959)
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What the film couldn't mention
The film was made before Ultra was made public. Now the Germans had broken the English code but they didn't know that the codebreakers at Bletchley Park were reading the German enigma codes. Monty had thos information and used it in his preparations for El Alamein.
This is one of many war films of the period,and it benefits from the rather larger than life presence of James Robertson Justice. Most of his parts seemed to be a variation of Lancelot Spratt.
Fenella Fielding is unusually playing a dramatic part. Down the credits as a German signaller is Michael Caine. Albert Levine in a familiar part as a Nazi officer.
This is one of many war films of the period,and it benefits from the rather larger than life presence of James Robertson Justice. Most of his parts seemed to be a variation of Lancelot Spratt.
Fenella Fielding is unusually playing a dramatic part. Down the credits as a German signaller is Michael Caine. Albert Levine in a familiar part as a Nazi officer.
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- malcolmgsw
- May 8, 2023
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- Vizuină de vulpe în Cairo
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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