The Man Who Never Was
The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--
7.0
94 votes
1956
1h 43m
Thriller
War
Drama
History
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.
Directed by Ronald Neame
Top cast
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin
Pam
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith
Adm. Cross
Geoffrey Keen
Gen. Nye
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver
André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn
Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
Joan Hickson
Landlady
Terence Longdon
Larry
Gibb McLaughlin
PorterM
Miles Malleson
Scientist
William Russell
Joe
William Squire
Lt. Jewell
Richard Wattis
Shop Assistant
Ronald Adam
AdamsDetails
Status
Released
Release date
April 3, 1956
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English, German, Latin, Spanish
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