Operation Mincemeat (2022)

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Deception. The greatest weapon in war.

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

• Released: 2022-04-01
• Genres: War, History, Drama
• Runtime: 2h 8m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 842 votes

Directed by John Madden.

Top cast

• Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu
• Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley
• Kelly Macdonald as Jean Leslie
• Penelope Wilton as Hester Leggett
• Johnny Flynn as Ian Fleming
• Jason Isaacs as Admiral John Godfrey
• Mark Gatiss as Ivor Montazac
• Hattie Morahan as Iris Montazac
• Paul Ritter as Bentley Purchase
• Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Operation Mincemeat

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: rent on Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Foxtel Now, BritBox, Beamafilm, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox Amazon Channel; watch free on Beamafilm, SBS On Demand; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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