special operations executive
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    Christopher Lee

    Self-described with typical good humor as “tall, dark and gruesome,” Christopher Lee was a...

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    Movies

    Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)

    London shopgirl Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) spies for the French underground and is captured...

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    Duncan Jepson

    To judge by the press coverage that he received in his own time, Selwyn Jepson was perceived as a...

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    David Hare

    One of the England’s most important playwrights of the late 20th century, David Hare was the author...

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    Odette

    This espionage drama was based on the true story of Odette Sansom Churchill, who became an unlikely...

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    Colditz (2005)

    A courageous group of soldiers plot their escape from the well-fortified Colditz compound in this...