The Man Who Never Was

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

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

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