The Man Who Never Was
In Theaters
April 3, 1956
Runtime: 1h 43m
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
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Cast & Crew
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin
Pam
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith
Adm. Cross
Geoffrey Keen
Gen. Nye
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver
André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn
Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
Joan Hickson
Landlady
Terence Longdon
Larry
Gibb McLaughlin
Porter
Miles Malleson
Scientist
William Russell
Joe
William Squire
Lt. Jewell
Ronald Neame
Director
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Nigel Balchin
Screenplay
Media
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