The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--
103 min
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.
- Release date
- March 15, 1956
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
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Trailer
Cast
- Clifton Webb as Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
- Gloria Grahame as Lucy Sherwood
- Robert Flemyng as Lt. George Acres
- Josephine Griffin as Pam
- Stephen Boyd as Patrick O'Reilly
- Laurence Naismith as Adm. Cross
- Geoffrey Keen as Gen. Nye
- Moultrie Kelsall as The Father
- Cyril Cusack as Taxi Driver
- André Morell as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
- Michael Hordern as Gen. Coburn
- Allan Cuthbertson as Vice-Admiral
- Joan Hickson as Landlady
- Terence Longdon as Larry
- Gibb McLaughlin as Porter
- Miles Malleson as Scientist
- William Russell as Joe
- William Squire as Lt. Jewell
- Richard Wattis as Shop Assistant
- Ronald Adam as Adams
- Robert Brown as French
- Everley Gregg as Club Matron (uncredited)
- Lloyd Lamble as Passport Officer (uncredited)
- Brian Oulton as Wills Officer (uncredited)
- John Welsh as Bank Manager
- Peter Sellers as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
- Ewen Montagu as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Crew
- Ronald Neame · Director
- Nigel Balchin · Writer
- Ewen Montagu · Writer
- André Hakim · Producer
- Alan Rawsthorne · Composer
- Oswald Morris · Cinematographer
- Peter Taylor · Editor