The Man Who Never Was (1956)

  • NR
  • 04/03/1956 (US)
  • Thriller, War, Drama, History
  • 1h 43m

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

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.

Ronald Neame

Director

Nigel Balchin

Screenplay

Cast

Clifton Webb's headshot

Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame's headshot

Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng's headshot

Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin's headshot

Josephine Griffin

Pam
Stephen Boyd's headshot

Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith's headshot

Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross
Geoffrey Keen's headshot

Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye
Moultrie Kelsall's headshot

Moultrie Kelsall

The Father

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