The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

1956
1h 43m
7.0

7.0/10

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Thriller War Drama History

"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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sumar Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English German Latin Spanish

Keywords

bank world war ii dead body

Quick Facts

Release Date April 3, 1956
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0049471

Cast

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

Key Crew

Ronald Neame
Director
Nigel Balchin
Screenplay
André Hakim
Producer