Jerry Bruckheimer and Guy Ritchie team up for a WWII spy comedy with Henry Cavill in the lead role
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a spy comedy movie written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Ritchie is known for his movies Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Sherlock Holmes, and The Covenant. The movie is co-written by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Arash Amel. The movie is based on the book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is produced by John Friedberg, Ivan Atkinson, Chad Oman, Guy Ritchie, and Jerry Bruckheimer.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare stars Henry Cavill in the lead role as Gus March-Phillips. Cavill is known for his performances in Man of Steel and the television series The Witcher. He is joined by Alan Ritchson, star of Reacher, who plays Anders Lassen. Alex Pettyfer stars as Geoffrey Appleyard while Freddie Fox plays Ian Fleming. The cast also includes Eiza Gonzalez, Henry Golding, Babs Olusanmokun, Til Schweiger, Henrique Zaga, Cary Elwes, and Roger Snipes among others. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was released in theaters on April 19, 2024.