Directed by:
John GuillerminScreenplay:
Bryan ForbesCinematography:
Basil EmmottComposer:
John AddisonCast:
John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen, Patrick Holt, Leslie Phillips, Michael Hordern, Marius Goring, Duncan Lamont, James Hayter, Sidney James (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
To mislead Nazi spies ahead of the D-Day invasion, an actor serving in the British Army during WWII is recruited to double for Gen. Montgomery. (Netflix)
Cast
![John Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390322_b915e3.png)
John Mills
UK
![Cecil Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576488_c985bd.jpg)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
![Patrick Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099465_be005d.jpg)
Patrick Allen
Malawi
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)
![Patrick Holt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193868_11c218.jpg)
Patrick Holt
UK
Best movies:
Thunderball (1965)
Cromwell (1970)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Leslie Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312358_d92105.jpg)
Leslie Phillips
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Out of Africa (1985)
Big Time Operators (1957)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
![Marius Goring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948875_266d72.jpg)
Marius Goring
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
![Duncan Lamont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/237/160237733_945f40.jpg)
Duncan Lamont
Portugal
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
![James Hayter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/353/160353602_183809.jpg)
James Hayter
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
![Sidney James](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274618_cc7ffc.jpg)
Sidney James
South Africa
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
Big Time Operators (1957)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
![Victor Maddern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379565_d3bd38.jpg)
Victor Maddern
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
![Alfie Bass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273924_b5508a.jpg)
Alfie Bass
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Murder by Proxy (1954)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
![John Le Mesurier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677312_9440e8.jpg)
John Le Mesurier
UK
Best movies:
![Walter Gotell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272351_28640f.jpg)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
![Bryan Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494632_aeffd5.jpg)
Bryan Forbes
UK
Best movies:
Man with a Million (1954)
King Rat (1965)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
![Steven Berkoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/402/402345_2474c6.jpg)
Steven Berkoff
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
![Patrick Connor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/483/161483220_8a7828.jpg)
Patrick Connor
UK
Best movies:
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Brazil (1985)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Edward Judd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000205_557c97.gif)
Edward Judd
China
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
![Allan Cuthbertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298351_dfccce.jpg)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
![Max Faulkner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442309_e65f38.jpg)
Max Faulkner
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Tarka the Otter (1979)