[Boatanchors] Movie: " The Man that never Was"

[Kenneth Grimm]

Yes, I think I got the cast right.  Also got the right war...just the wrong
landing.  Sicily instead of Normandy.  I've got to have a look at the
Macintyre book.  Thanks for the information.

73,

Ken - K4XL

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Jim <jbrannig at verizon.net> wrote:

> A new book "Operation Mincemeat" by Ben Macintyre claims to be the "latest"
> on the subject.
> The purpose of the of the operation was to convince the Germans that the
> landings in Sicily were going to be in Greece.
>
> I watched the movie yesterday.  The filmmakers took some license with the
> story and made it a lot more interesting than the book.
>
> Jim
>
>
>  I believe I remember having seen that movie. Something about
>> the Allies putting a uniform on the corpse of an unknown and
>> planting papers on that corpse to give the impression that he
>> was some sort of spy in advance of an invasion in the south
>> of France or maybe Italy?
>>
>>
>> * * * * * * * * * * *
>> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
>> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
>> * Oklahoma City, OK *
>> * USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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>>
>> * "An unarmed man can but flee *
>> * from evil. Evil can NEVER be *
>> * overcome by flight FROM it." *
>>
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>>
>>  Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:12:53 -0500
>>> From: grimm at sbc.edu
>>> To: jbrannig at verizon.net
>>> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; meils at get2net.dk
>>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Movie: " The Man that never Was"
>>>
>>> It's a great flick, starring Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame. It is a
>>> fairly accurate account of an actual event, designed to divert attention
>>> away from the Normandy beaches as the site for the D-Day invasion.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Ken - K4XL
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Jim <jbrannig at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > The man WHO never was is available from Netflix on DVD and streaming
>>> > video......
>>> >
>>> > I may watch it this afternoon.
>>> >
>>> > Jim
>>> >
>>> >
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