The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was
Release: 1956-04-03
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 7.0
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Sumar Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Moultrie Kelsall
as The Father
André Morell
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
William Russell
as Joe
Brian Oulton
as Wills Officer (uncredited)
Robert Flemyng
as Lt. George Acres
Stephen Boyd
as Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith
as Adm. Cross
Allan Cuthbertson
as Vice-Admiral
William Squire
as Lt. Jewell
Robert Brown
as French
Everley Gregg
as Club Matron (uncredited)
John Welsh
as Bank Manager
Joan Hickson
as Landlady
Gibb McLaughlin
as Porter
Richard Wattis
as Shop Assistant
Ronald Adam
as Adams
Lloyd Lamble
as Passport Officer (uncredited)
Peter Sellers
as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Clifton Webb
as Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame
as Lucy Sherwood
Josephine Griffin
as Pam
Geoffrey Keen
as Gen. Nye
Cyril Cusack
as Taxi Driver
Michael Hordern
as Gen. Coburn
Terence Longdon
as Larry
Miles Malleson
as Scientist
