Fact is stranger than fiction in this story of how General Montgoonery is shielded by having a double sent in the opposite direction thereby confusing the enemy. Clifton James is that man and Monty – thereby saving the producers a wage packet for another actor and uncovering the real reason they made this particular story – and John Mills, Michael Hordern and Leslie Phillips are amongst the rest of the cast appearing with nice fresh uniforms and freshly starched upper lips.
