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Fooling Hitler (2004)

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.

Release: 2004-10-24
Runtime: 90 min
Cast
Jason Durr
Jason Durr
Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways
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Howard Attfield
Colonel Turner
Grant Burgin
Grant Burgin
Sergeant Granger
Dorian Healy
Dorian Healy
Major Barkus
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Coral Beed
Lady Elizabeth Clemens
Peter Pacey
Peter Pacey
Dennis Wheatley
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Nigel Williams
Brigadier Boyson
Roger Barclay
Roger Barclay
Major T.A. Robertson
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Peter Wickham
General Mansfield
Matt Canavan
Matt Canavan
Private Williams
Kieron Jecchinis
Kieron Jecchinis
Vicar
Jeff Harding
Jeff Harding
General Stimson
Richard Lintern
Richard Lintern
Colonel Bevan
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Richard Wills-Cotton
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
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Daniel Hart
Corporal Collins
Angus MacInnes
Angus MacInnes
General Parker
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Tim Goodman
Field Marshall Sir Alan Brooke
James Carroll Jordan
James Carroll Jordan
General Patton