The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--
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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Clifton WebbLt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria GrahameLucy Sherwood
Robert FlemyngLt. George Acres
Josephine GriffinPam
Stephen BoydPatrick O'Reilly
Laurence NaismithAdm. Cross
Geoffrey KeenGen. Nye
Moultrie KelsallThe Father
Cyril CusackTaxi Driver
André MorellSir Bernard Spilsbury
Michael HordernGen. Coburn
Allan CuthbertsonVice-AdmiralKeywords
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What is The Man Who Never Was about?
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.
How long is The Man Who Never Was?
The Man Who Never Was has a runtime of 103 minutes.