The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

This article is about the film. For the secret British World War II organisation, see Special Operations Executive.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGuy Ritchie
Screenplay by
Based onChurchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII
by Damien Lewis
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEd Wild
Edited byJames Herbert
Music byChristopher Benstead
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
  • April 13, 2024 (2024-04-13) (New York City)
  • April 19, 2024 (2024-04-19) (United States)
Running time
122 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[2]
Box office$27.3 million[3][4]

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a 2024 spy action comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Guy Ritchie, and starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding and Alex Pettyfer. Based on the 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis, the film portrays a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Postmaster.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare had its premiere on April 13, 2024, in New York and was released in the United States on April 19, 2024. The film received positive reviews from critics but was a box office bomb grossing $27.3 million on a $60 million budget.

  1. ^ "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Variety-Proj was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 5, 2024.