What's the Difference between Operation Mincemeat the Book and Operation Mincemeat the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Ewen Montagu
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Ewen Montagu
Portrayed by: Colin Firth
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Charles Cholmondeley
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Charles Cholmondeley
Portrayed by: Matthew Macfadyen
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Jose Antonio Rey Maria
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This Character does not appear.
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Jean Leslie
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Jean Leslie
Portrayed by: Kelly Macdonald
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Hester Leggett
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Hester Leggett
Portrayed by: Penelope Wilton
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Ian Fleming
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Ian Fleming
Portrayed by: Johnny Flynn
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John Godfrey
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John Godfrey
Portrayed by: Jason Isaacs
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Bernard Spilsbury
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This Character does not appear.
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Bentley Purchase
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Bentley Purchase
Portrayed by: Paul Ritter
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This Character does not appear.
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Teddy
Portrayed by: Jonjo O'Neill
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Commodore Edmund Rushbrooke
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This Character does not appear.
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Operation Mincemeat Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Mrs. Montagu and her children are sent to America at the beginning of WWII as they are Jewish and targets of the Nazis if they should invade. |
Montagu sends his wife and children to America a few years after the war has started. |
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Dr. Fernández, a civilian forensic pathologist, and his son Eduardo perform the autopsy on Major Martin. He noted differences between the corpse and the photo ID. He also noted that the body appeared to have been in the water for 8-10 days but had not been chewed on by marine life. The British were very lucky that the pathologist had not been informed of the details of finding the body or else the operation would have failed. |
The coroner, Dr. del Torno immediately thinks Martin might not have drowned. The coroner is rushed though the autopsy, no findings are revealed.
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This does not happen in the book. Both men return to London. |
Cholmondeley wants to accompany the corpse on the submarine, Montagu objects but does not deny him. |
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Godfrey is long gone from Operation Mincemeat by this time and Montagu and Cholmondeley have a free hand in the operation. |
Montagu and Cholmondeley brief Godfrey about the leak involving Jean. They think the German operative (Teddy) is part of an anti-Hitler plot to push Hitler towards Greece so the Allies can invade Sicily. Godfrey says he would have Montagu and Cholmondeley drawn and quartered if he could. Godfrey says Churchill will not postpone the Sicily invasion.
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Jose Antonio Rey Maria finds Major Martin while fishing in his boat and brings the corpse to shore. |
The corpse is spotted from shore by several unnamed fishermen and brought to the beach. |