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''Triple Cross'' (aka ''La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman'' and ''Terence Young's Triple Cross'') is a 1966 Anglo-French co-produced film directed by Terence Young and produced by Jacques-Paul Bertrand. The film was released in Eastman Color, print by Technicolor. ''Triple Cross'' was based loosely on the real-life story of Eddie Chapman, believed by the Nazis to be their top spy in Great Britain, although he was an MI5 double agent known as "Zigzag". The film was released in France in December 1966 as ''La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman'' but elsewhere in Europe and the United States in 1967 as ''Terence Young's Triple Cross''. The title of the film comes from Chapman's signature to mark he was freely transmitting by radio, a Morse code XXX. Another meaning of the title, "Triple Cross," becomes clear in the final scene of the film. Chapman, sitting at a bar, is asked who he was really working for. In reply, he raises his glass in salute to his reflection in the mirror. ''Triple Cross'' is the second pairing of Terence Young and actress Claudine Auger. She was the leading James Bond girl in ''Thunderball'' (1965) which Young also directed. ==Plot== Early in the Second World War, an explosion occurs when safecracker Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) blows open a wall safe. Outside, a car is backfiring repeatedly and a marching band is passing by. Chapman casually removes some jewels from the safe and examines them for the choicest items. He leaves a card in the safe complimenting its owners for being victims of the Gelignite Gang. The gang pulls off a series of heists before they go on the lam. Chapman is caught in Jersey and imprisoned there. After eight months, he sees German soldiers landing outside the prison and demands to see their commandant. Chapman offers to work as a spy for the Germans who are deeply skeptical of his motives. They eventually fake his execution and smuggle him into occupied France where, working closely with his handler, Col. Baron von Grunen (Yul Brynner), Chapman is trained to be a spy. Eventually, he is dropped back in England, but goes straight to the police and eventually to the British military. He shows him his identity card and several of the radio frequencies that the Germans were using. The British officials believe Chapman was executed in Jersey, but since some of the frequencies are known to them already as German, they reluctantly negotiate with him. In return for working as a double agent, he demands a full pardon for his crimes and £5,000, as well as a war commendation. The Germans radio a message ordering Chapman to blow up the Vickers aircraft factory. The British let him demolish part of the factory to convince the Germans that Chapman's cover has not been blown. He is sent back to Germany where he receives the Iron Cross, but manages to return to London at the end of the war, to collect his compensation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Triple Cross (1966 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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