The Man Who Never Was

7.1 / 10

(82 votes)

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

Genre:

Thriller,

War,

Drama,

History

Duration:

103 minutes

Year:

1956

Director:

Ronald Neame

)}
Company:

Sumar Productions

Cast:
Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Josephine Griffin

Pam

Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Crew:
Ronald Neame

Director

Nigel Balchin

Screenplay

Erica Masters

Assistant Director

André Hakim

Producer

John Hawkesworth

Art Direction