Alternate history for the day

Rico says he was dubious for awhile about 36 Hours, a fictional piece of World War Two history from a story by, of all people, Roald Dahl (better known for his children's books), and starring James Garner, but once they got into how they planned to con him into revealing the date of D-Day, it got more interesting and believable. Rico says, in the immortal words of Joe Bob Briggs: Check it out.