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The Man Who Never Was

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.

1956 |1h 43m |  Thriller, War, Drama, History

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Cast

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Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

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Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

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Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

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Josephine Griffin

Pam

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Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

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Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross

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Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye

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Moultrie Kelsall

The Father

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Cyril Cusack

Taxi Driver

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André Morell

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

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Michael Hordern

Gen. Coburn

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Allan Cuthbertson

Vice-Admiral

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Joan Hickson

Landlady

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Terence Longdon

Larry

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Gibb McLaughlin

Porter

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Miles Malleson

Scientist

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William Russell

Joe

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William Squire

Lt. Jewell

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Richard Wattis

Shop Assistant

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Ronald Adam

Adams

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Robert Brown

French

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Everley Gregg

Club Matron (uncredited)

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Lloyd Lamble

Passport Officer (uncredited)

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Brian Oulton

Wills Officer (uncredited)

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John Welsh

Bank Manager

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Peter Sellers

Winston Churchill (voice)

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Status

Released

Language

English, Latin, Spanish, German

Budget

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