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Saturday Cinema Double Bill: Johnny Frenchman: I Was Monty's Double

on BBC Two England

starring Francoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc.

The first of this afternoon's war-time films is set in Cornwall and tells of the age-old rivalry between the Breton and Cornish fisherfolk. When France is overrun by the Germans, the problems of refugees and mines in the Channel bring the rivals closer together.

(Black and white)
(Films: page 20)

and at 4.45-6.25
"I Was Monty's Double" starring John Mills, Cecil Parker and Clifton James.

The fantastic story of one of the most successful deceptions of the war, in which an obscure Pay Corps lieutenant with an extraordinary resemblance to Montgomery was persuaded to impersonate him in North Africa in order to distract German attention from the real Montgomery's activities in Europe.
Based on the book by M.E. Clifton James

(Black and white)
(Films: page 20)

Contributors

Screenwriter (Johnny Frenchman):
T.E.B. Clarke
Screenwriter (I Was Monty's Double):
Bryan Forbes
Author (I Was Monty's Double):
M.E. Clifton James
Producer (Johnny Frenchman):
Michael Balcon
Director (Johnny Frenchman):
Charles Frend
Producer (I Was Monty's Double):
Maxwell Setton
Director (I Was Monty's Double):
John Guillermin
Lanec Florrie:
Francoise Rosay
Nat Pomeroy:
Tom Walls
Sue Pomeroy:
Patricia Roc
Bob Tremayne:
Ralph Michael
Yan Kervarec:
Paul Dupuis
Zacky Penrose:
Frederick Piper
Steve Matthews:
Arthur Hambling
Charlie West:
Richard George
Dick Trewhiddle:
Bill Blewett
Joe Pender:
James Harcourt
Tim Bassett:
Richard Harrison
Sam Olds:
Stanley Paskin
Tom Hocking:
James Knight
Jack Nicholas:
Leslie Harcourt
Sam Harvey:
John Stone
'Monty' and himself:
M.E. Clifton James
Major Harvey:
John Mills
Col Logan:
Cecil Parker
Col Matthers:
Patrick Allen
Col Dawson:
Patrick Holt
Major Tennant:
Leslie Phillips
Governor of Gibraltar:
Michael Hordern
Nielson:
Marius Goring
Hester:
Barbara Hicks
Wing-Cmdr Bates:
Duncan Lamont
Guard sergeant:
Anthony Sagar
First guard:
Max Butterfield
Second guard:
Michael Oliver
Flt-Lt Osborne:
John Gale
FO Davies:
Kenneth Warren
Porter, YMCA:
Sidney James
Sgt Adams:
James Hayter

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