''Circle of Deception'' is a 1960

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British war film directed by Jack Lee and starring

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Plot

A Canadian officer is sent on a secret and dangerous mission during

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. 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

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succeed. The Canadian officer is now a broken man.

Cast

as Captain Paul Raine * Suzy Parker as Lucy Bowen * Harry Andrews as Captain Thomas Rawson *

Robert Stephens Sir Robert Graham Stephens (14 July 193112 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of Britain's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natur ...

as Captain Stein * Paul Rogers as Major William Spence *

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as Major Taylor *

Ronald Allen Ronald John Allen (16 December 1930 – 18 June 1991) was an English actor. He is most well known for playing David Hunter in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Crossroads'', a role he played from 1969 to 1985. Biography Allen was born in Readi ...

as Jim Abelson * A. J. Brown as Frank Bowen * Martin Boddey as Henry Crow * Charles Lloyd-Pack as Ayres *

Jacques Cey Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

as Cure * John Dearth as Captain Ormrod *

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as Carter *

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as Small boy * Richard Marner as German colonel * Walter Gotell as Phoney Jules Ballard

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