The Man Who Never Was
70.11% | April 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
André Hakim
Producer
Cast
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
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