I Was Monty's Double (Hell, Heaven or Hoboken) (1958)
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63% of users liked it
(121 ratings)
If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like I Was Monty's Double. Actor M.E. Clifton James plays himself, a British stock-company actor who becomes an unsung hero during World War II. It seems that James, serving his country as a junior officer, is… More If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like I Was Monty's Double. Actor M.E. Clifton James plays himself, a British stock-company actor who becomes an unsung hero during World War II. It seems that James, serving his country as a junior officer, is the exact double of General Montgomery. Major John Mills trains James to impersonate Montgomery to the last detail, then sends the actor on a tour of North Africa, the better to divert the German's attentions away from the real "Monty." Based on James' own written reminiscences, I Was Monty's Double was released in the U.S. under the baffling title Hell, Heaven or Hoboken! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Guillermin
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Oct 21, 1958 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online
While he's hardly a dynamic presence in the film, [Meyrick Clifton] James offers a convincing self-portrait of a minor actor terrified at the scale of the role.
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Cast
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John Mills
as Major Harvey
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Cecil Parker
as Col. Logan
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Patrick Allen
as Col. Matthers
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M.E. Clifton-James
as Himself/Monty
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Michael Hordern
as "Rusty" the Governor of Gibraltar
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Patrick Holt
as Col. Dawson
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Marius Goring
as Neilson
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Vera Day
as Angela
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Barbara Hicks
as Hester
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Duncan Lamont
as Bates
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Anthony Sagar
as Guard Sergeant
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Max Butterfield
as Guard
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Michael Oliver
as Guard
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John Gale
as Osborne
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Kenneth J. Warren
as Davies
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James Hayter
as Sgt. Adams
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Sidney James
as Porter YMCA
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Diana Beaumont
as Barmaid
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Brian Weske
as Dispatch Rider
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Bill Nagy
as American Captain
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Victor Maddern
as Orderly Sergeant
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Bryan Forbes
as Young Lt.
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Alfie Bass
as Small Man
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David Browning
as Sergeant Driver
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John Le Mesurier
as Adjutant R.A.P.C.
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MacDonald Parke
as American General
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Marne Maitland
as Arab Proprietor
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Maureen Connell
as Peggy
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Sam Kydd
as Go-Between
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Allan Cuthbertson
as Guards Officer
- Michael Patrick Bell
- Douglas Blackwell
- Patrick Connor
- David Davies
- Harry Fowler
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Walter Gotell
as German Colonel
- Gordon Harris
- John Heller
- Geoffrey Hibbert
- Frederick Jaeger
- Edward Judd
- David Lodge
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Leslie Phillips
as Maj. Tennant
- Des Roberts
- Ronnie Stevens
- Eric Francis
- Alfred Maron
- Victor Beaumont
- John Dunbar
- Ernst Walder
- Otto Friese
