History Film / Allied

** It's probably no coincidence that [[spoiler: anonymous rat catcher looks and acts more like a [[ThoseWackyNazis stereotypical Gestapo agent]] than British intelligence]].

* GoodVersusGood: RCAF intelligence officer against V Section trying to root out a spy

** [[spoiler: The fact that there are two Nazi agents in Hampstead running Marianne. Though they wouldn't find out till after the war, MI5 successfully turned or imprisoned ''all but one'' German agent from relatively early on - and the sole exception killed themselves before capture. When it turns out she is a traitor, it would be much more likely they'd turn her or secretly FeedTheMole, especially so close to D-Day, and especially when she was clearly acting under duress and willing to turn. This successfully misled the Germans into believing the Allies would attack Calais, not Normandy.]]

** The German ambassador Max and Marianne are ordered to execute in Casablanca is later [[spoiler: reavealed to have been an anti-Hitler dissident intentionally installed to Casablanca with the express intention to let him be killed by the Allies.]] This is completely unconvincing for two reasons: Firstly, In 1942, there was [[spoiler:no systematic opposition against Hitler's rule among high-ranking German officials. Since the country was still appearing to have the upper hand in the war, no party, state and army dignitaries (who had been throughly checked and where needed purged before the war had started) had yet felt any need to be disloyal to the regime]]. Secondly, even if the ambassador [[spoiler:had been revelaed by the German authorities to be an opponent of the regime]], there would have been no reason whatsoever [[spoiler:for such a complex and highly unreliable plot to remove him]]. In that case, [[spoiler: he would have been swiftly transported to one of the concentration camps for political prisoners and quietly "disappeared" in the same way as it happen to many dissidents outside of the official circles]].

** When Max and Marianne relocate to London [[spoiler: after the successful fulfillment of their Casablanca mission]], the city is portrayed as being still a major target of concentrated German bombings, with one minor character explicitly mentioning she would miss the Blitz when it was over. Given the Casablanca mission took place at some point in 1942, this is utterly unhistorical, since the systemic bombing of Britain known as the Blitz was called off in May 1941, with some sporadic bombing continuing until June of that year.

** When Max and Marianne relocate to London [[spoiler: after the successful fulfillment of their Casablanca mission]], the city is portrayed as being still a major target of concentrated German bombings, with one minor character explicitly mentioning she would miss the Blitz when it is over. Given the Casablanca mission took place at some point in 1942, this is utterly unhistorical, since the systemic bombing of Britain known as the Blitz was called off in May 1941, with some sporadic bombing continuing until June of that year.

** Max's sister Bridget and her partner serve no role in the story except to provide additional suspects for [[spoiler:the German spy in London. Bridget works as an military officer, so she could have been the source, whether wittingly or not, of the intelligence that the spy passes on to the Germans. Max also tells Bridget about Marianne's blue-dye test after expressly being told not to tell anyone, which could have helped either of them fake a false positive on the test. Ultimately, Marianne ''is'' the spy, and the couple are never seen against after this is revealed]].

* VerbedTitle: "Allied."

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Marianne has a moment of stunned regret after shooting one of the French collaborators she befriended during the assassination.

* BecomingTheMask: Marianne admits that she actually does like the collaborator friends she made as part of her missin in Casablanca, explaining that the reality makes her performance natural. Max recalls her saying this when [[spoiler:she's accused of being a Nazi spy, because she still could be a spy even if her lover for him were real. Ultimately she confesses that this is exactly what happened: she fell in love with Max for real and tried to live her life as his wife]].

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Despite being a Nazi spy impersonating a resistance member, Marianne's love for both Max and Anna were real.]]

* MisplacedAccent: Max's French is supposed to be very good, and Marianne is only worried that he sounds like he was from Quebec (which would make sense given his nationality). He actually sounds like a plain old American struggling with French.

* LesCollaborateurs: The first act of the film is spent in Casablanca, which is controlled by Vichy France, the collaborationist French government. Marianne has befriended a range of French collaborators as part of her work in the Resistance. She and Max assassinate the French mayor as a strike against the Vichy regime. However, [[spoiler:Marianne is herself a spy for the Germans, presumably of French extraction, working as a double agent]]. We also see a French police officer in France who [[spoiler:alerts German soldiers as to the location of French Resistance fighters]]. * DeadPersonImpersonation: Marianne is accused of stealing the real Marianne Beauséjou's identity to aid the Germans. A French resistance fighter informs him Marianne played piano. [[spoiler:It's true.]]

** Max's sister Bridget serves no role in the story except to provide additional suspects for [[spoiler:the German spy in London. She works as an military officer, so she or her lover could have received the same intelligence that the spy passes on to the Germans. Max also tells her about Marianne's blue-dye test after expressly being told not to tell anyone. Ultimately, Marianne ''is'' the spy, and Bridget is never seen against after this is revealed]].

* AllGermansAreNazis: {{Averted}}. The German ambassador whom Max and Marianne assassinate is later said to be a dissident Hitler wanted dead. [[spoiler: Marianne herself counts, if she's a German too.]]

* {{Blackmail}}: Marianne says [[spoiler:she left Nazi service, but was blackmailed into working for them after she went off to England with Max. German agents were planted in the area to insure her loyalty, with the threat of killing Anna if she refused (this included one as her nanny). This seems believable]].

* LesCollaborateurs: Marianne is accused of working for the Nazis, with the ambassador she and Max killed in Casablanca being a dissident Hitler wanted executed anyway. [[spoiler:Turns out it's true. It's left unclear if she was German or French — if the former, it wouldn't qualify.]] A French police officer also appears at one point, alerting the German garrison when he's held at gunpoint by resistance fighters.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Marianne is accused of stealing the real Marianne Beauséjou's identity to aid the Germans. A French resistance fighter informs him Marianne played piano. [[spoiler:It's true.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Marianne shoots herself to get Max out of trouble out of genuine love for him and to atone for her German espionage activities.]]

* VerbedTitle

* WhamShot: Max finds out Marianne is a skilled piano player, so he takes her to a pub and demands she play the piano to prove she is not a spy. [[spoiler:She tearfully closes the lid.]]

* EyeScream: While trying to prove his wife's identity, Max talks to an officer who was shot down over Dieppe and smuggled back to England by Marianne, hoping he can positively identify her in her and Max's wedding photograph. He reveals his left retina is detached, so all he can see is white blots, while his right eye was shot out along with part of his eye socket.

** [[spoiler: The fact that there are two Nazi agents in Hampstead running Marianne. Though they wouldn't find out till after the war, MI5 successfully turned or imprisoned ''all but one'' German agent from relatively early on - and the sole exception shot himself after running out of food. When it turns out she is a traitor, it would be much more likely they'd turn her or secretly FeedTheMole, especially so close to D-Day, and especially when she was clearly acting under duress and willing to turn. This successfully misled the Germans into believing the Allies would attack Calais, not Normandy.]]

** [[spoiler: The fact that there are two Nazi agents in Hampstead running Marianne. Though they wouldn't find out till after the war, MI5 successfully turned or imprisoned ''every single'' German agent from relatively early on. When it turns out she is a traitor, it would be much more likely they'd turn her or secretly FeedTheMole, especially so close to D-Day, and especially when she was clearly acting under duress and willing to turn. This successfully misled the Germans into believing the Allies would attack Calais, not Normandy.]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Marianne is accused of working for the Nazis, with the ambassador she and Max killed in Casablanca being a dissident Hitler wanted executed anyway. [[spoiler:Turns out it's true.]] A French police officer also appears at one point, alerting the German garrison when he's held at gunpoint by resistance fighters. [[spoiler:It's left unclear if she was German or French — if the former, it wouldn't qualify.]]

* AllGermansAreNazis: {{Averted}}. The German ambassador whom Max and Marianne assassinate is later said to be a dissident Hitler wanted dead. [[spoiler: The German refugee jeweler. Marianne herself counts, if she's a German too.]]

* OneSceneWonder: The SOE official who identified himself as a ''rat catcher'', played by Simon McBurney. He is [[The nameless nameless]], outranks every other character in the scene, has an [[PerpetualFrowner intimidating and humourless presence]], FourEyesZeroSoul, a uniquely forceful way of speaking, and [[CrazyPrepared a Webley in his drawer]].