MartinHafer According to IMDb, this film is loosely based on a real historical incident--though how much, I have absolutely no idea! When the film begins, Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) is hanging out on the island of Jersey during WWII. Although British, the island (off the French Coast) was seized by the Germans long before this. Any way, Eddie ends up getting arrested by the Germans and instead of acting afraid, he's very smug. He then announces that he's more than willing to work for the Nazis as a spy...provided they pay well! The Germans are a bit skeptical to say the least, but over time he earns their trust. But what is Eddie to do when they actually drop him into Britain and order him to blow up a defense plant?! And, for exactly WHO does Eddie work?This is a very unusual and interesting espionage film. Much of this is because for so much of the movie, you aren't sure who Eddie works for or what's in store for him. Christopher Plummer is very nice in the lead and it helps that he has the likes of Trevor Howard, Gert Fröbe, Yul Brynner and, especially, Romy Schneider in the film as well. My only complaint, and it's very minor, is that the film might have worked a bit better if the story was tightened up a bit...but it still was interesting and worth seeing.

Wizard-8 I see from previous user comments that "Triple Cross", allegedly based on the true story of Eddie Chapman, bears little resemblance to what actually happened in real life. That's not surprising - this has been done with countless other movies supposedly based on true stories. But I decided to view the movie as entertainment, and with that viewpoint, the movie is occasionally entertaining. There are some flaws - the narrative has some bothersome gaps, like it's never revealed how Eddie Chapman was tracked down and caught by the police. The movie could have used a bit more action and suspense (it's quite talky at times). And the movie fails to reveal what happened to Eddie Chapman in the years after the war ended. But all the same the movie has some interest, one being that Christopher Plummer with the script's help portrays Eddie Chapman as quite selfish and self-centered, yet interesting enough that you'll wonder what will happen to this person. And while the movie is somewhat slow, there's always a kernel of interest to keep you watching. This is not a prime thriller, but patient viewers with an interest in World War II espionage will probably find it decent, no more or less.

OJT Right from the start I was captivated by this story which is fiction inspired by a true story of the the undercover agent Chapman, used from the book by Frank Owen. We're introduced to a British bank robber, or more like jewelry thief, which gets caught and put in prison while on holiday on the island of Jersey, which not much later is occupied by Germans during the outbreak of the 2nd world war. After some time he convinces the Germans that he is not a patriot. The film has the feel as an James Bond film from the 60'ies. Christopher Plummer is just as horny as Bond, the the film makers is probably doing too much out of that. No wonder, though, since director Terence Young was a main director of the James Bond films. He was the director of "Dr. No" in 1962 and the following "From Russia with love" and "Thunderball", before this one. The film language is very alike.I find the film very cozy and entertaining watching. With a good good feel of the 60'ies film making. Which I'm not old enough to remember, but which I've seen depicted on film a thousand times., though I'd is mad of being the 40'ies.This film wasn't very popular in the British intelligence, which allegedly tried to drop this bring made. It was also mean to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this story, but he was advised not to do so. Terence Young was handles the script, and made a quite different film from what Hitchcock would have made. Young has used a lot of former Bond actors in this, in addition to a good Christopher Plummer, and when Yul Brunner as a German commandant.On the nag entice side, the story will be, like many agent stories, a bit confusing to many. I also find the women stories less charming than they are made to be. So it ends if as an well made and entertaining watch, but by far a classic. To be a classic, it way to tedious and too much of a rip-off f the earliest Janes Bond-stories.

ianlouisiana Eddie Chapman was a career criminal.A safe breaker stealing from mugs like you and me because it paid well and he never fancied getting his hands dirty with real work like the rest of us.He was a hard man from the north - east of England who ran with some of the most ruthless criminals of his day.He wasn't "Raffles",he wasn't in any way,shape or form like the upper - class knob Mr C.Plummer turns him into.His sole ambition was to be let out of prison and he did what he considered he had to do to achieve that aim.Conning the Germans,playing them off against the Brits,he had a whale of a time as an international swordsman on both sides of the channel.Or so Terence Young would have us believe. Was Mr Young just another victim of Mr.Chapman's self - mythologising? Decide for yourself by watching "Triple Cross" with Mr G.Frobe as the pragmatic Nazi ex - cop for whom Chapman is just a shade too good to be true and Mr Y.Brynner as the anti - Nazi German officer,a breed that proliferated as the war neared its end.Where were they when we needed them in 1939? The movie suffers from some serious arse - licking towards its hero who is shown to be suave,sophisticated,erudite and awfully handsome.A positive dreamboat as he drops into the arms of German Intelligence - a gift horse,almost,as Herr Frobe rightly suspects. Based on Mr Chapman's perhaps slightly biased autobiography,"Triple Cross" unlike "David Copperfield" leaves us in no doubt from page one as to who the hero of the story is going to be.