Triple Cross

Triple Cross (French: La Fantastique Histoire Vraie d'Eddie Chapman, lit. 'The Fantastic True Story of Eddie Chapman') is a 1966 biographical war spy film directed by Terence Young and starring Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider, Yul Brynner, Gert Fröbe, Trevor Howard and Claudine Auger. It is based on story of Eddie Chapman, believed by the Germans to be their top spy in Great Britain, although he was an MI5 double agent known as "Zigzag". The screenplay is based on Chapman's 1953 autobiography, co-authored with Frank Owen. The title of the film comes from Chapman's signature to show the Germans that he was transmitting freely: a Morse code XXX (X = ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄). Another meaning of the title Triple Cross becomes clear in the final scene of the film. Chapman, sitting a