Uriah43 In order to put the Axis powers on the defensive the Allies decide to invade Sicily. However, recognizing the possibility of severe casualties, an elaborate plan is devised to trick the Germans into believing that, rather than invading Sicily, they are going to invade Greece instead. This will hopefully result in the Germans moving some of their army from Sicily to Greece. But first, the British need a corpse which has recently died of pneumonia for which they plan to put in the sea near the Spanish coast with the hope that the Germans will discover the body. Attached to his arm will be a briefcase with top secret orders detailing the mythical invasion of Greece. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an entertaining World War 2 film which kept my attention from start to finish. I especially enjoyed the scene involving "Lucy Sherwood" (Gloria Grahame) and the Nazi spy named "Patrick O'Reilly" (Stephen Boyd) which carried a good balance of suspense and irony. In any case, this is a decent film for those who might enjoy a drama of this type and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

yahsoo Awesome real life saga. I was fortunate to have known the Captain of the submarine, George. He passed this last week a month before his 92 birthday. He was a true hero, one of the nicest men I ever met, and a loving husband and father. He has left a real impact on other people's lives. A truly nice man. He had told us the story before we ever saw the movie, so it was really interesting to us. I found it and bought it for him and his family, but he didn't get a chance to watch it. His family did and it just made them love him even more. Brilliant idea that worked to fool the Germans. They had to get real close to shore to make sure the body got discovered. Very risky, but they did it. Most of the movie is about the plan being put together, but we loved his part best. He wasn't the only hero, but his role was what interested us, because we knew him. It is a good movie and a true story, so enjoy!

phd_travel This is an exciting and unique WWII spy thriller based on Operation Mincemeat - an attempt by the allies to feed false information to the Nazis to divert attention from the upcoming invasion of Sicily.It's really fascinating to see how they planted information on a dead body ( a fake spy) to feed the false documents to the Nazis.A real scene stealer is Stephen Boyd who plays the Irish spy who working for the Nazis checks out the veracity of the dead man's identity. Politics makes strange bedfellows and it is interesting to remember the there were a few Irish who sided the Nazis against the British because they had a common enemy. The scenes where he talks to the "girl friend" are quite scary.A movie with a good story can be more fascinating and tense than any of the new action spy thrillers like the Bourne series.

thinker1691 During World War II, some of the most incredible stories were never revealed to the public at large. Their are a number of reasons why, secrecy, classified or often very personal to living relatives. This movie stems from one such individual. The book from which this remarkable story arises was penned by Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu. Clifton Webb plays Cmdr. Montagu, a British, special Operations naval Officer who is given an order to design a secret plan to deceive the German War machine. In essence, the plan has to convince the Germans, the Allies are not going to use Italy's island of Sardinia as a staging area to invade Europe. Robert Flemyng plays Lt. George Acres, who conceives the incredible idea of using a dead man (Glyndwr Michael) to fool the enemy. The plan is not readily acceptable to the High Brass who believe it contains too many flaws. The team must secure a dead body, make it look like a drown officer who is carrying Top Secrets in his briefcase. Further difficulties include fooling a top secret Irish agent (Stephen Boyd) into believing the dead man was a real British Army Major stationed in London. The top notch cast includes Laurence Naismith, Michael Hordern, Josephine Griffin, Wolf Frees and the voice of Peter Sellers. Based on a real life incident, this movie offers a subtle but very dark drama and Clifton Webb is at his very best. Offered to anyone seeking a quiet attempt to thank those who also " Stand and Wait." ****