What's the Difference between Operation Mincemeat the Book and Operation Mincemeat the Movie?

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Ewen Montagu	Ewen Montagu Portrayed by: Colin Firth
Charles Cholmondeley	Charles Cholmondeley Portrayed by: Matthew Macfadyen
Jose Antonio Rey Maria	This Character does not appear.
Jean Leslie	Jean Leslie Portrayed by: Kelly Macdonald
Hester Leggett	Hester Leggett Portrayed by: Penelope Wilton
Ian Fleming	Ian Fleming Portrayed by: Johnny Flynn
John Godfrey	John Godfrey Portrayed by: Jason Isaacs
Bernard Spilsbury	This Character does not appear.
Bentley Purchase	Bentley Purchase Portrayed by: Paul Ritter
This Character does not appear.	Teddy Portrayed by: Jonjo O'Neill
Commodore Edmund Rushbrooke	This Character does not appear.

Operation Mincemeat Book vs Movie

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This does not happen as by this time Godfrey was no longer involved in the operation and Mantagu had a free hand in the operation.	Montagu and Cholmondeley report to Godfrey that they went over his head to General Nye with the Martin letter, Godfrey does not approve. But Montagu and Cholmondeley remind Godfrey that they need to launch the operation soon.
Ivor Montagu was never confirmed to be a Russian spy during WWII.	Godfrey tells Cholmondeley that Iver Montago has been verified to be spying for the Russians. Godfrey suggests that Montagu be sent to America.
This does not happen in the book.	Hester tells Jean that she should give Jock a “wink” as she is single; she is no longer with her American boyfriend.
This does not happen in the book. Both men return to London.	Cholmondeley wants to accompany the corpse on the submarine, Montagu objects but does not deny him.
The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces off of Huelva Spain. The crew brings the canister with the corpse topside, then the officers remain to put Martin in the water. Lt Jewell reads from Psalm 39. They try to sink the canister with machine gun fire, but resort to using explosives to make it sink.	The sub surfaces off of Cadiz Spain. Cholmondeley, the sub commander and two officers say a prayer for the corpse before they throw him into the water.

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