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Director
  
Cy Endfield

Language
  
English

6.2/10
IMDb

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Release date
  
1955

Based on
  
Operation North Star  by Harald Bratt

Writer
  
Harald Bratt (television play "Operation North Star"), Cy Endfield (screenplay)

Tagline
  
Hidden deep within this man was a dark secret, aroused-it turned him into a killer!

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The Master Plan is a 1954 British film noir drama film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Norman Wooland, Tilda Thamar and real-life war hero Wayne Morris. It is set at the headquarters of NATO. It is based on a teleplay Operation North Star by Harald Bratt. It was made at Southall Studios.

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Plot

Following WW II, a U.S. army officer stationed in West Germany is assigned with keeping classified information away from the Communists. Unfortunately, Red spies know that he suffers from sudden black-outs and use this to hypnotise him, and make it appear that he is a traitor.

Cast

  • Norman Wooland as Colonel Mark Cleaver
  • Tilda Thamar as Helen Quaid
  • Wayne Morris as Major Thomas Brent
  • Mary Mackenzie as Miss Gray
  • Arnold Bell as General Harry Goulding
  • Marjorie Stewart as Yvonne Goulding
  • Laurie Main as Johnny Orwell
  • Frederick Schrecker as Doctor Morganstern
  • Richard Marner as Man (uncredited)
  • Alan Tilvern as Otto Szimek (uncredited)

    • Critical reception

    TV Guide wrote, "the intriguing story suffers from inefficient production techniques."

    References

    The Master Plan (film) Wikipedia
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