A pre Bond, Bond type of film
Posted: June 27th, 2009, 2:51 pm
I watched I Was Monty's Double today and though the film was based on fact, I thought writer Bryan Forbes, who also acted in the film, wrote a screenplay that was familar to Bond, in fact Ian Fleming maybe inspired him.
The film was about 2 rate actor M.E. Clifton James, who was hired by the British Secret Service to impersonate Field Marshal Montgomerie, just before and during the D-Day landings in order to confuse the Germans. I do wonder if Forbes took liberties by having two assination attempts on the fake Monty, more so the 2nd one which really did look like it came out from a Bond movie. James played himself in the movie
Heres where I thought the similar links where to Bond
John Mills played the James Bond like role, full of charm and wit. He was so good I wonder if he could have been a good Bond himself.
He walked into his boss' office and chatted up the assistant played by busty blonde Vera Day. Vera was later replaced by the slightly older Barbara Hicks, but though she was a more approriate looking assistant, she seemed to still have a good working relationship with Mills, who at one point kissed her on the cheek.
Cecil Parker was the head of the organization. He was like M
The film was about 2 rate actor M.E. Clifton James, who was hired by the British Secret Service to impersonate Field Marshal Montgomerie, just before and during the D-Day landings in order to confuse the Germans. I do wonder if Forbes took liberties by having two assination attempts on the fake Monty, more so the 2nd one which really did look like it came out from a Bond movie. James played himself in the movie
Heres where I thought the similar links where to Bond
John Mills played the James Bond like role, full of charm and wit. He was so good I wonder if he could have been a good Bond himself.
He walked into his boss' office and chatted up the assistant played by busty blonde Vera Day. Vera was later replaced by the slightly older Barbara Hicks, but though she was a more approriate looking assistant, she seemed to still have a good working relationship with Mills, who at one point kissed her on the cheek.
Cecil Parker was the head of the organization. He was like M