The Man Who Never Was

IMDb 7.0 1956 • 103 min • ThrillerWarDramaHistory

Director

Ronald Neame

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Clifton Webb
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Gloria Grahame
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Robert Flemyng
Robert Flemyng Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin
Josephine Griffin Pam
Stephen Boyd
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