The Man Who Never Was (1956)

The Man Who Never Was (1956)

The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom-- 1956-04-03 United Kingdom 103 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

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

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