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This just may be Donald Sutherland's best movie. He plays Mr. Faber, a British troop train dispatcher during early WWII in London. He is a German double agent and is discovered by his landlady whom he kills. He disappears back to Germany. Years later his mission is to return to England and photograph General Patton's invasion force of equipment and bring back the film and pictures to Hitler himself. Upon returning to England he very clandestinely sneaks into the area where Patton's force is and takes photographs of the equipment showing that it was all phony. When he returns to his hotel, he is greeted by another German agent with instructions to escape through Scotland, and meet a U-boat off Storm Island. The courier was followed and Sutherland must kill him and run. He has been recognized by a man who he knew years before and could identify him as a spy. He begins his trek toward Scotland. While there, he steals a fishing boat and is headed for Storm Island to signal the waiting U-boat. He gets caught in a terrible storm and is shipwrecked on Storm Island where he is taken in by a crippled sheep farmer and his wife and child. The sheep farmer is an ex-fighter pilot and is alcoholic. Since his accident he is bitter and resentful towards his wife. He's mad at the world and suspicious of this shipwrecked man. Faber rests for a while and when he wakes up tries to explain why he was out in such bad weather. The farmer's wife, Kate Milligan, is taken by Faber, and she is sexually attracted to him. Her husband is rude and suspects that Faber is not telling the truth. He goes off to his friends lighthouse about a mile away. Faber inquires if there is a radio and is told that Tom (Light house) had a radio. Faber and the farmer's wife have an affair. The next day Faber kills the farmer and tries to get to the radio to signal the U-boat. Finding her husband's body, she knows that something is dreadfully wrong. When Faber comes home and lies about her husband being drunk with Tom, she knows that Faber killed him. She tries to get to the radio to call for help, and finds Tom dead too. Faber catches up with her and takes her son hostage while trying to reach the submarine. She overhears Faber on the radio and knows that he is a spy. She must stop him at all costs. In a thrilling conclusion she signals for help and shoots Faber as he is trying to get to the U-boat. This was a very good movie.Read full review
Ordered this in good but used condition. DVD worked fine, no scratches.
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One of the best WW11 stories. This spy at the top of his game finds out about the allied deception. Then begins his journey to get the info to Hilter. Great historical fiction. Highly recommended.
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i had already seen this movie about three times on tv...and the past few weeks my dad hadtold me about a movie that he had seen a few years back and i thought it would be nice of me to finely get it for him.....so thank you very much....
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PLOT: NAZI SPY SUTHERLAND HAS BEEN UNDERCOVER IN ENGLAND AND COMES OUT FOR ONE LAST AND BIG SPY JOB~ TO FIND PLANS FOR THE INVASION OF EUROPE~EXCELLENT~ Donald Sutherland is Faber a very english man~ in reality is he is a Nazi Spy 5th columnist~ waiting for the biggest secret of his career~ Leading a rather dull life in England~ he passes on secrets via short wave~ once his cover is blown he is given one last BIG assignment ~ to spy on Patton's Army in East Anglia and pass on the invasion infomation back to Germany~ the fun being PATTONS ARMY IS A PHANTOM INVASION ARMY to hide the real plan to invade Normandy~ once Faber discovers the real info~ he is off to pass the info to a SUB he is to meet off the coast of Scotland~ but a storm NEARLY KILLS HIM~ AND HE ends up the un invited Guest of Kate Nelligan and her bitter disabled husband on a island where they farm sheep~ Nelligan and Faber have a torid affair~ not realizing the man she is involved WITH~IS A professional killer AND IS A NAZI SPY WHO HAS KILLED HER HUSBAND~ AND has the biggest secret of World War 2 to pass on~ GREAT thrill a minute where Faber is trying to get to the ONLY short wave radio on the island to have the sub pick him up~ and Nelligan has discovered she needs to stop FABER AND ALSO save BOTH HER OWN AND YOUNG SONS LIVES~ ~ Sutherland is fantastic as the very british Nazi who blends in~ but needs to be STOPPED at any cost~~ I GIVE IT A SOLID 10 OUT OF 10 FOR WORLD WAR 2 SPY ADVENTURE AND THRILLS~Read full review
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