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10/31/2021 This film has become a quick favorite of mine. Christopher Plummer is as dashing as ever. Yul Brenner is fantastic. A war film full of action and some sly humor. See more 02/27/2018 Interesting, if confusing spy movie. A young Christopher Plummer See more 02/04/2018 Interesting if somewhat lifeless WWII espionage tale that's loosely based on a true story and has hints of James Bond. Christopher Plummer plays a British criminal who's caught pulling a heist in Nazi Germany. While in jail he convinces his captors that he could be a double agent and work for them. He's tasked with going back to England to blow up a British airplane factory (for a hefty payday and a pardon for past crimes) and does so by telling the British he'll work for them as a double agent if they let him blow up the airplane factory (for a hefty payday and a pardon for past crimes). Plummer then returns to German having accomplished his mission, looking to collect his payday, but the tide is turning against the Germans at this point and he may not be able to collect his payday and must soon choose sides. The most interesting part of the film is that it's never made clear where Plummer's true allegiances lie, which sets up a clever shot at the end of the film when he stares at himself in a mirror, highlighting the lack of clarity who we are really looking at. The film boasts a strong supporting cast that includes German love interest Romy Schneider, Yul Brynner as a monocle wearing Nazi, Trevor Howard as a MI6 agent, and even Bond alumni Gert "Goldfinger" Fröbe and Bond Girl Claudine Auger, Domino from "Thunderball." The film was directed by veteran Bond director Terence Young ("Dr. No," "From Russia With Love," and "Thunderball"). However, on the downside, Plumber is disappointingly uncharismatic in the lead. Also, as interesting of a story premise the film has, it lacked any real drama, either on an emotional level between Plummer and Schneider or with any sort of inner conflict over his changing allegiances, but also lacking with basic action or suspense with the factory bombing or the other espionage sequences, which all felt rather perfunctory and by the numbers. The film needed either more James Bond thrills or more "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" drama. Instead, we're left with a bit of both and not enough of either. Still, the story and the cast are enough to carry the picture and make it worth watching. See more s r @ScottR 01/13/2018 I saw it for the cast despite the reviews. It tried to be Bond, but just came off between over the top and serious. Overall it was poorly directed and written. It was good to see such a good cast though. Putting Plummer and Schneider together wasn't bad. See more 05/22/2017 Badly acted. Plummer seemed to be "off duty" on the set. Brynner good. Plot bizarre. Other "Germans" like cartoon characters. See more 02/05/2016 Based on the fanciful biography "The Eddie Chapman Story" this movie purports to recount the WWII activities of real-life spy Chapman. With not one but two books on the actual historical events being released in recent years the movie's depiction has been revealed to be highly dramatized with extreme liberties taken. That point notwithstanding, this movie continues to be a particular favorite of mine with appealing performances by Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music), Trevor Howard (The Sea Wolves), Gert Frobe (Goldfinger), Yul Brynner (The King and I), and two of the most beautiful women in 1960s cinema, Romy Schneider (What's New Pussycat) and Claudine Auger (Thunderball). The fact that the movie takes liberties with the truth is probably not that surprising considering that it is directed by the legendary director Terence Young, who not only had been a friend and flat-mate of Chapman's but also directed three of the early James Bond movies. A small-time safecracker Eddie Chapman finds himself in prison the British island of Jersey, when the Nazi's seize the area. Being somewhat of an opportunist Chapman offers himself as a spy for Germany, but after being trained in the art of spycraft and parachuted into England, he promptly offers himself up to the British offering to act as a double agent. What follows is an immensely enjoyable adventure movie as Chapman weaves a complex web of deceit until he becomes so trusted by the German's that they award him the Iron Cross (indeed Chapman was the only British person to receive that honor in WWII. I saw this movie on British television many years ago and own both the British and U.S. DVDs and would recommend this movie heartily. See more Read all reviews

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