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Evening Standard
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Vicky Jessop

The true story behind The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the mission that inspired James Bond

Guy Ritchie’s latest film is here and it’s slightly different to his usual fare.

Starring Henry Cavill, Alex Pettyfer and Henry Golding (among others), it tells the story of a clandestine mission in wartorn Europe. The year is 1942, and Churchill needs a way to stop the German submarines from sinking Allied ships.

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