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The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

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

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

6.967/10

Release Date

03 April 1956

Country

United Kingdom

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

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Landlady

Terence Longdon

Terence Longdon

Larry

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

Porter

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Scientist

William Russell

William Russell

Joe

William Squire

William Squire

Lt. Jewell

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Shop Assistant

Ronald Adam

Ronald Adam

Adams

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

French

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

Club Matron (uncredited)

Lloyd Lamble

Lloyd Lamble

Passport Officer (uncredited)

Brian Oulton

Brian Oulton

Wills Officer (uncredited)

John Welsh

John Welsh

Bank Manager

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Winston Churchill (voice)

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