- In 1913 the British government, hearing that the Germans are planning World War I, ask top agent Whinfrey to intervene, but instead he decides to go on holiday to Cornish fishing village Torpoint. Here he believes he has stumbled upon a smuggling ring, but in fact they are Germans who are masquerading as locals in an advance invasion party. The British arrive and arrest them, believing that Whinfrey deliberately planned everything - though it is apparent that he did not.—don @ minifie-1
- Whinfrey's Last Case is set in 1913, when the British government learned that the Germans plan to jumpstart World War II by a whole year. Desperate to stop this, they called for Whinfrey to prevent this rather unfortunate event. Whinfrey (Palin) is the local on-call hero, who usually solves nonchalantly the mess his government makes. But this time he was planning to go for vacation to a small village. His general's plea does not soften his heart and goes ahead. The small fishing village he arrives seems empty. On the other hand the remote cottage he rents is more than full of staff. We eventually learn that the villagers have been replaced with Germans. Meanwhile the army follows Whinfrey on his vacation and intervenes, taking the Germans out at the right time. It is left to the viewer to decide whether Whinfrey is hero or just the wrong guy being at the right time and place to become one. He seems clueless throughout.
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