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The Man Who Never Was

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

  • Movie
  • 1956
  • NR
  • 1h 43m

Directed by Ronald Neame

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 97 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Clifton Webb

    Clifton WebbLt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

  • Gloria Grahame

    Gloria GrahameLucy Sherwood

  • Robert Flemyng

    Robert FlemyngLt. George Acres

  • Josephine Griffin

    Josephine GriffinPam

  • Stephen Boyd

    Stephen BoydPatrick O'Reilly

  • Laurence Naismith

    Laurence NaismithAdm. Cross

  • Geoffrey Keen

    Geoffrey KeenGen. Nye

  • Moultrie Kelsall

    Moultrie KelsallThe Father

  • Cyril Cusack

    Cyril CusackTaxi Driver

  • André Morell

    André MorellSir Bernard Spilsbury

  • Michael Hordern

    Michael HordernGen. Coburn

  • Allan Cuthbertson

    Allan CuthbertsonVice-Admiral

  • Joan Hickson

    Joan HicksonLandlady

  • Terence Longdon

    Terence LongdonLarry

  • Gibb McLaughlin

    Gibb McLaughlinPorter

  • Miles Malleson

    Miles MallesonScientist

  • William Russell

    William RussellJoe

  • William Squire

    William SquireLt. Jewell

Director
Ronald Neame
Writer
Nigel Balchin
Music
Alan Rawsthorne
Cinematography
Oswald Morris