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The Man Who Never Was

7.0/10

Release: 03/04/1956

Duration: 1h 43m

The Man Who Never Was

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.

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English, German, Latin, Spanish

Director:Ronald Neame

Writers

| Screenplay:Nigel Balchin

Production

Sumar Productions

Cast

Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Mo..

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Taxi Driver

André Morell

André Morell

Sir Bernard Spils..

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Gen. Coburn

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthberts..

Vice-Admiral

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Landlady

William Squire

William Squire

Lt. Jewell

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Shop Assistant

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

Club Matron (uncr..

Lloyd Lamble

Lloyd Lamble

Passport Officer ..

Brian Oulton

Brian Oulton

Wills Officer (un..

John Welsh

John Welsh

Bank Manager

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Winston Churchill..

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