Eddie Chapman
Arnold Edward Chapman, a patriotic crook, died on December 15th, aged 83
THE film, called “Triple Cross”, was made in 1966 but it was a lively yarn and turns up occasionally on late-night television. A crook, Eddie Chapman, becomes a spy in the second world war, pretending to work for the Germans but really employed by the British. The Germans award him the Iron Cross and the British acclaim him as a hero, happily pardoning him for his crimes.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Eddie Chapman”
Obituary December 20th 1997
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