Fooling Hitler
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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David Acton
as BBC Radio Reporter
Tara Summers
as (uncredited)
Jason Durr
as Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways
Dorian Healy
as Major Barkus
Roger Barclay
as Major T.A. Robertson
Matt Canavan
as Private Williams
Kieron Jecchinis
as Vicar
James Carroll Jordan
as General Patton
Clara Francis
as Felicity
Grant Burgin
as Sergeant Granger
Jeff Harding
as General Stimson
Richard Lintern
as Colonel Bevan
Angus MacInnes
as General Parker
Paul T.T. Easter
as MP (uncredited)
Peter Pacey
as Dennis Wheatley