The Man Who Never Was

1956 | 103 min | 7.0
Thriller 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.

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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

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