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The Man Who Never Was

70 %|Apr 3, 1956|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.

Featured Crew

Ronald Neame
Director
Nigel Balchin
Screenplay
Alan Rawsthorne
Original Music Composer
André Hakim
Producer
John Hawkesworth
Art Direction
Gerry O'Hara
Assistant Director
Erica Masters
Assistant Director
Peter Taylor
Editor

Cast

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Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
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Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
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Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
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Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
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Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver
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André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
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Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn
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Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
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Joan Hickson
Landlady
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William Squire
Lt. Jewell
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Richard Wattis
Shop Assistant
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Everley Gregg
Club Matron (uncredited)
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Lloyd Lamble
Passport Officer (uncredited)
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Brian Oulton
Wills Officer (uncredited)
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John Welsh
Bank Manager
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Peter Sellers
Winston Churchill (voice)