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The Man Who Never Was

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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.

04-03-1956
1h 43m
The Man Who Never Was
Backdrop for The Man Who Never Was

Main Cast

Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Josephine Griffin

Josephine Griffin

Pam

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Ronald Neame
Production:
Sumar Productions

Key Crew

Director:
Ronald Neame
Screenplay:
Nigel Balchin
Director of Photography:
Oswald Morris
Editor:
Peter Taylor
Assistant Director:
Gerry O'Hara

Locations and Languages

Country:
GB; US
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en