Circle of Deception

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Circle of Deception
ACircleOfDeception1960Poster.jpg
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Directed by Jack Lee
Screenplay by Nigel Balchin
Robert Musel
Based onSmall Back Room in St. Marylebone
1953 story in Esquire
by Alec Waugh [1]
Produced by Tom Morahan
Starring Bradford Dillman
Suzy Parker
Harry Andrews
Cinematography Gordon Dines
Edited byGordon Pilkington
Music by Clifton Parker
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox
Release date
  • November 1960 (1960-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Circle of Deception is a 1960 CinemaScope British war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Bradford Dillman, Suzy Parker and Harry Andrews. [2]

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Plot

A Canadian officer is sent on a secret and dangerous mission during World War II. His superior officers deceptively give him false information about the planned invasion of 1944. He is told that this secret information must not get into enemy hands. He is transported into occupied territory in a way, that insures he will be captured. He resists torture, but finally tells all. The Germans are misled and the Normandy landings succeed. The Canadian officer is now a broken man.

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