The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) on Netflix
Brigadier Colin Gubbins picks Gus March-Phillipps to lead a sabotage raid on Fernando Po, a Spanish-held island where German U-boats resupply, and Marjorie Stewart and Richard Heron go ahead.
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Plot summary
In late 1941, German submarines sink Britain's supply ships and London is bombed. Brigadier Colin Gubbins launches a sabotage operation against the U-boat supply base on Spanish-controlled Fernando Po. Gus March-Phillipps assembles a ground team: Henry Hayes, Freddy Alvarez and the Danish officer Anders Lassen. They travel there on the Maid of Honor, a neutral Swedish trawler, with orders to take out two tugboats and the Italian supply ship Duchessa d'Aosta. Marjorie Stewart and Richard Heron work the island's illegal gambling hall to recruit backup, and Marjorie sets out to charm Heinrich Luhr, the SS officer in command.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Ian Fleming, part of Brigadier Colin Gubbins's inner circle in the film, used Operation Postmaster as inspiration for his James Bond novels.
- The film was a box-office bomb, taking in $29.8 million worldwide on a $60 million budget, but it later did well on digital platforms.
