hyped garbage

Best movie of this year hands down!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Right from the start I was captivated by this story which is fiction inspired by a true story of the the undercover agent Chapman, used from the book by Frank Owen. We're introduced to a British bank robber, or more like jewelry thief, which gets caught and put in prison while on holiday on the island of Jersey, which not much later is occupied by Germans during the outbreak of the 2nd world war. After some time he convinces the Germans that he is not a patriot. The film has the feel as an James Bond film from the 60'ies. Christopher Plummer is just as horny as Bond, the the film makers is probably doing too much out of that. No wonder, though, since director Terence Young was a main director of the James Bond films. He was the director of "Dr. No" in 1962 and the following "From Russia with love" and "Thunderball", before this one. The film language is very alike.I find the film very cozy and entertaining watching. With a good good feel of the 60'ies film making. Which I'm not old enough to remember, but which I've seen depicted on film a thousand times., though I'd is mad of being the 40'ies.This film wasn't very popular in the British intelligence, which allegedly tried to drop this bring made. It was also mean to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this story, but he was advised not to do so. Terence Young was handles the script, and made a quite different film from what Hitchcock would have made. Young has used a lot of former Bond actors in this, in addition to a good Christopher Plummer, and when Yul Brunner as a German commandant.On the nag entice side, the story will be, like many agent stories, a bit confusing to many. I also find the women stories less charming than they are made to be. So it ends if as an well made and entertaining watch, but by far a classic. To be a classic, it way to tedious and too much of a rip-off f the earliest Janes Bond-stories.

Skip it – This WWII espionage movie could have been much better. The plot, which is based on a true story, has so much potential, but it never delivers. Christopher Plummer plays a former bank robber and "safe-cracker" who, after being imprisoned, volunteers his skills to the Germans so that he can be released. But who is he really working for? Is he a double-agent, or possibly a triple-agent? After watching the movie, I still don't know the answer to that question. This movie doesn't flow well, and there seems to be holes in the plot. Yul Brynner plays a mysterious German officer who happens to be an anti-Nazi. While Brynner is great as usual, Plummer doesn't bring much on-screen chemistry. And the director, who also directed a few James Bond movies, tries too hard to make Plummer a "007" kind of character. The main problem is that this movie is just boring. Not enough action to make it worth the watch. 1.5 action rating

First of all, this is an entertaining movie, with the requisite suspense and action well done, interesting characters and good acting. Frankly, I don't see what all the griping is about. Some of the comments downplay the historical accuracy of the movie, but from what I can learn online, the basic elements are astonishingly correct. The impact Eddie Chapman, an otherwise obscure criminal languishing in a remote jail, had on the course of World War II is, if anything, underplayed in the movie. We've all seen the newsreel footage of V1 and V2 bombs falling on London. What they fail to mention is that they were not landing where the Germans thought they were aiming for. And we have Chapman to thank for that. He was sending back skewed information about the locations of impact, which led the Germans to correct their aim away from central London. That's a pretty sweet trick to play on the Germans. And that part of the story is absolutely true, though you have to listen closely to documentaries of WWII to catch any mention of it. What the movie focuses on, instead, is Chapman, the audacious con man. Without reading his autobiography, it is hard to be sure of the details, but anyone who pulled off what he did must have been worthy of this portrayal. What we also see is the fallibility of decision making by German leaders, contrary to the near omniscience they are sometimes credited with. Hinted at also is that some of those German military leaders were not totally loyal Nazis. There was a loose underground among the upper levels of the old military guard, people like Baron Von Grunen. You can read about the German underground, such as it was, on Wikipedia. It's good to see a movie that doesn't portray Nazis in simplistic stereotypes. And it should be noted that Gert Fröbe, who was an actual member of the Nazi Party during the war, only used this as a cover to rescue Jews from the Holocaust, like a minor Oscar Schindler. BTW, I wonder if we hear Fröbe's actual voice here, unlike in Goldfinger? Looking at the photo of the real Eddie Chapman, you wonder how he was such a ladies man, yet he was. The Christopher Plummer portrayal makes him look more glamorous than he probably was, as a sophisticated jewel thief, much like Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief, rather than a crook who burglarized movie theaters. But the basic story is correct, and effectively portrayed. How would you feel being inside the Nazi Reich being trained as a spy to be sent to England, who might be uncovered with the slightest slip, by either side, and executed? The tension is well portrayed in the film.However, and here is the spoiler, the movie's title is misleading: I can't find a triple cross, though he did cross enemy lines several times. He was a Brit who offered to work for the Germans, but when he got to England he never delivered; he went straight to British authorities and told them the truth. This was a very wise decision, because the British already knew something about his mission from their decoded German Enigma messages. So the British then have him send back false intelligence to the Germans. That's a pretty good double cross, but then Chapman goes back to Germany, convinces them he is still working for them, and is eventually sent back to England again, where he sends back more false information. Truly amazing! But still only a double cross. There is some brief mention of plans for the D Day invasion of France. It is well known that the Allies used General Patton in England to set up a ruse that we were planning to invade at Calais, which Hitler firmly believed. This deception was perpetrated on many levels, including a fictional corpse created with the help of Ian Flemming. Chapman may have sent back information confirming the presence of real troops around Patton, instead of the plywood tanks they actually had, though this is not stated in the movie.So, while there is almost inevitably some fictional elements in a movie based on history, the fundamentals are accurate enough in Triple Cross for it to be a valuable supplement to factual information found in the countless documentaries about World War II. And the story is amazing enough that someone should make a genuine documentary about Eddie Chapman's exploits. Eddie Chapman was a brave man, doubly so because when he conned the Germans, he had no way of knowing if England would win the war. I highly recommend this movie.

This espionage-Flic based on fact concerns about astute safe-cracker named David Chapman(Christopher Plummer) who encounters himself working for both contenders in the 40s , as German secret service commanded by a baron(Yul Brynner) and a colonel(Get Frobe) and British military(led by Trevor Howard and Jess Hahn). Meanwhile he falls in love with a gorgeous resistance fighter(Claudine Auger) and a mysterious German countess(Romy Schneider). Chapman attempts to cheat both sides and play each other. The he's sent a dangerous mission and parachuted at England with objective to reconnaissance and factories sabotages. He's even decorated by General Von Runstedt(Marcel Journet).Based on real events starred by a real bank robber named Eddie Chapman, this film packs action, suspense, warlike feats and is quite entertaining. First rate main cast as Christopher Plummer as amoral but sympathetic double agent adding a bemusing touch , Yul Brynner as disillusioned German officer, a Von Stauffemberg-alike, and a splendid Get Frobe as cunning Colonel. Ample and stunning supporting cast with a magnificent Trevor Howard, and beautiful Claudine Auger and Romy Schneider, among others. Appear uncredited prestigious secondaries as Gordon Jackson, Howard Vernon,Bernard Fresson and Gordon Jackson. Colorful and evocative cinematography by Henry Alekan, Terence Young's usual cameraman(Mayerling,Poppies are also flowers). Enjoyable musical score by George Garvarentz in a James Bond style. The motion picture is regularly directed by Terence Young but contains some flaws and gaps, though tension at times, as well. The film was realized in his best period when he made the classic Bonds films(Dr No, From Russia with love and Thunderball). Rating : Acceptable and passable.