Fooling Hitler

The incredible true story of how a bunch of writers, artists, set designers, and back room technicians pooled their talents in order to outwit the German High Command and fool Hitler. Espionage, counterespionage, decoy airfields, inflatable tanks, guns, and soldiers are all deployed in the run up to D-Day to create a massive diversion and the strongest possible indication that the landings will be in Calais rather than Normandy. A whole invisible army is conjured up: FUSAG, the First US Army Group. Major General Patton is placed in charge of this army, such is its importance he is detained in Britain for several weeks after the Normandy landings in order to successfully convince Hitler that a second and larger set of landings will be staged in Calais.

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90 min

Cast

Jason Durr

as Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways

Howard Attfield

as Colonel Turner

Grant Burgin

as Sergeant Granger

Dorian Healy

as Major Barkus

Coral Beed

as Lady Elizabeth Clemens

Peter Pacey

as Dennis Wheatley

Nigel Williams

as Brigadier Boyson

Roger Barclay

as Major T.A. Robertson

Peter Wickham

as General Mansfield

Matt Canavan

as Private Williams

Kieron Jecchinis

as Vicar

Jeff Harding

as General Stimson

Richard Lintern

as Colonel Bevan

Richard Wills-Cotton

as Douglas Fairbanks Jr

Daniel Hart

as Corporal Collins

Angus MacInnes

as General Parker

Tim Goodman

as Field Marshall Sir Alan Brooke

James Carroll Jordan

as General Patton

Richard Hodder

as Agent Haddock

David Acton

as BBC Radio Reporter

Clara Francis

as Felicity

Paul T.T. Easter

as MP (uncredited)

Alex Helm

as RAF Technician (uncredited)

Tara Summers

as (uncredited)

Director

Philip Smith