The Man Who Never Was (1956)

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

Directed by Ronald Neame1h 43mThriller,War,Drama,History

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.

Rated
NR
Year
1956
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
3 April 1956
TMDB
7.0 (96)
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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
Moultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver
André Morell
André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson
Landlady
Terence Longdon
Terence Longdon
Larry
Gibb McLaughlin
Gibb McLaughlin
Porter
Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson
Scientist
William Russell
William Russell
Joe
William Squire
William Squire
Lt. Jewell
Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis
Shop Assistant
Ronald Adam
Ronald Adam
Adams
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
French
Everley Gregg
Everley Gregg
Club Matron (uncredited)
Lloyd Lamble
Lloyd Lamble
Passport Officer (uncredited)
Brian Oulton
Brian Oulton
Wills Officer (uncredited)
John Welsh
John Welsh
Bank Manager
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
E
Ewen Montagu
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

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