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The Man Who Never Was (1956)

"The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--"

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The Man Who Never Was

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Overview

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.

Director Ronald Neame
Screenplay / Writer Nigel Balchin
Runtime 1h 43m (103 min)
Release Date 1956-04-03
Countries Flag United Kingdom
Original Language EN
Status Released
Budget N/A
Revenue N/A
Top Cast (Live Data)
Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin
Josephine Griffin
Pam
Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith
Adm. Cross
Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen
Gen. Nye
Moultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver
André Morell
André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
Production Companies
Sumar Productions
Keywords
bank world war ii dead body
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