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I Was Monty's Double Reviews

1958 Certificate U
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In World War II North Africa, an actor is set the task of posing as Field Marshal Montgomery in an effort to confuse the Nazis. Based on a true story. Read more

Starring Michael Hordern, Alice Krige, Cecil Parker, Bryan Forbes
Director John Guillermin
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama

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  • Released in America under the marvellous title of Heaven, Hell and Hoboken, I Was Monty's Double is a low-budget tour... read more on Time Out

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  • Rated - 5.0 stars

    A Very Right and Proper film

    A classic of the early postwar period, this film tells how a wartime entertainer and impersonator, Corporal ... more

  • Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Full On!

    What a pleasant surprise this film was. It deals with the old story of a humble man picked from obscurity to pretend to be an eminent person of his age, and ... more

      • Cato
  • Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    I Was Monty's Double

    Brilliant film - have the auto-biography of this gentleman - just the ending of the film has been changed - but otherwise true to the book.

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  • Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Full On!

    What a pleasant surprise this film was. It deals with the old story of a humble man picked from obscurity to pretend to be an eminent person of his age, and ... more

      • Cato
  • Rated - 5.0 stars

    A Very Right and Proper film

    A classic of the early postwar period, this film tells how a wartime entertainer and impersonator, Corporal ... more

  • Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Full On!

    What a pleasant surprise this film was. It deals with the old story of a humble man picked from obscurity to pretend to be an eminent person of his age, and ... more

      • Cato
  • Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    I Was Monty's Double

    Brilliant film - have the auto-biography of this gentleman - just the ending of the film has been changed - but otherwise true to the book.

  • Critics' reviews

  • Released in America under the marvellous title of Heaven, Hell and Hoboken, I Was Monty's Double is a low-budget tour... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
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