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The Man Who Never Was
“The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--”
7.0 / 10• 1956• 1h 43m•NR• English
ThrillerWarDramaHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Lead
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin
Pam
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith
Adm. Cross
Geoffrey Keen
Gen. Nye
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ronald Neame's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Man Who Never Was is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
