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The Man Who Never Was

Thriller | War

7.0

Release Date

April 3, 1956

Duration

103 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Clifton Webb

Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Gloria Grahame

Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Robert Flemyng

Josephine Griffin

Pam

Josephine Griffin

Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Stephen Boyd

Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross

Laurence Naismith

Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye

Geoffrey Keen

Moultrie Kelsall

The Father

Moultrie Kelsall

Cyril Cusack

Taxi Driver

Cyril Cusack

André Morell

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

André Morell

Michael Hordern

Gen. Coburn

Michael Hordern

Allan Cuthbertson

Vice-Admiral

Allan Cuthbertson

Joan Hickson

Landlady

Joan Hickson

Terence Longdon

Larry

Terence Longdon

Gibb McLaughlin

Porter

Gibb McLaughlin

Miles Malleson

Scientist

Miles Malleson

William Russell

Joe

William Russell

William Squire

Lt. Jewell

William Squire

Richard Wattis

Shop Assistant

Richard Wattis

Ronald Adam

Adams

Ronald Adam

Robert Brown

French

Robert Brown

Everley Gregg

Club Matron (uncredited)

Everley Gregg

Lloyd Lamble

Passport Officer (uncredited)

Lloyd Lamble

Brian Oulton

Wills Officer (uncredited)

Brian Oulton

John Welsh

Bank Manager

John Welsh

Peter Sellers

Winston Churchill (voice)

Peter Sellers

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