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The Man Who Never Was (1956)

Overview

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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Ronald Neame profile
Ronald Neame

Director

Nigel Balchin profile
Nigel Balchin

Screenplay

Cast

Clifton Webb profile
Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Gloria Grahame profile
Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng profile
Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Josephine Griffin profile
Josephine Griffin

Pam

Stephen Boyd profile
Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Laurence Naismith profile
Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross

Geoffrey Keen profile
Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye

Moultrie Kelsall profile
Moultrie Kelsall

The Father

Cyril Cusack profile
Cyril Cusack

Taxi Driver

André Morell profile
André Morell

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Michael Hordern profile
Michael Hordern

Gen. Coburn

Allan Cuthbertson profile
Allan Cuthbertson

Vice-Admiral

Clifton Webb profile
Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Gloria Grahame profile
Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng profile
Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Josephine Griffin profile
Josephine Griffin

Pam

Stephen Boyd profile
Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Laurence Naismith profile
Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross

Geoffrey Keen profile
Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye

Moultrie Kelsall profile
Moultrie Kelsall

The Father

Cyril Cusack profile
Cyril Cusack

Taxi Driver

André Morell profile
André Morell

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Michael Hordern profile
Michael Hordern

Gen. Coburn

Allan Cuthbertson profile
Allan Cuthbertson

Vice-Admiral

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Release Date

April 3, 1956

Original Language

English, Latin, Spanish, German

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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