The Man Who Never Was
89 reviews
Thriller/War
1h 43m
1956
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...
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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.
- DirectorRonald Neame
- Release3 April 1956
- Genre
- Duration1h 43m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate89 reviews
- Productions
Sumar Productions
Cast

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

Richard Wattis
Shop Assistant

Ronald Adam
Adams

Robert Brown
French

Everley Gregg
Club Matron (uncredited)

Lloyd Lamble
Passport Officer (uncredited)

Brian Oulton
Wills Officer (uncredited)

John Welsh
Bank Manager

Peter Sellers
Winston Churchill (voice)
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