Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill authorizes an illicit mission to undermine Hitler’s fleet of German U-boats during World War II.
The plan calls for renegades with little respect for the rules, led by a cocky ex-criminal named Gus March-Phillips (Henry Cavill), who’s released from prison and called into a top-secret briefing.
Oblivious to etiquette, Gus pours himself a tall glass of Scotch, steals an entire box of cigars and struts over to the desk where a priggish-looking officer sits.
Gus palms his lighter, making a fool of the uptight chap, who identifies himself as “Fleming, Ian Fleming.” It doesn’t take an intelligence expert to put two and two together: Gus March-Phillips would later serve as a prototype (one of several) for Fleming’s fictional James Bond character.
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