The Man Who Never Was (1956)

The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--

Movie · Thriller, War, Drama, History · 1h 43m · Rated 7.0/10 on TMDB · Released April 3, 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.

Directed by Ronald Neame

Cast

• Clifton Webb as Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
• Gloria Grahame as Lucy Sherwood
• Robert Flemyng as Lt. George Acres
• Josephine Griffin as Pam
• Stephen Boyd as Patrick O'Reilly
• Laurence Naismith as Adm. Cross
• Geoffrey Keen as Gen. Nye
• Moultrie Kelsall as The Father
• Cyril Cusack as Taxi Driver
• André Morell as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
• Michael Hordern as Gen. Coburn
• Allan Cuthbertson as Vice-Admiral

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