Summary: Based on a true story, Bond director Terence Young endowed this World War Two era espionage story with his trademark style and panache. Cat burglar Eddie Chapman finds himself in a jail call on the island of Jersey when the territory is over run by Germany at the outset of the war. The Germans decide to put Chapmans talents to good use and (after a series of ingenious tests) send him back to England to spy for them. However, Chapman decides his efforts would be better spend working for the allies and begins to send back false reports to mislead his Nazi handlers.
What follows is a taut, fun and entirely satisfying adventure with the admirable cast of Christopher Plummer, Yul Brynner and Gert (Goldfinger) Frobe.
