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The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--
7 / 10 IMDb April 3, 1956 1h 43m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 43m
Release Date
April 3, 1956
Genre
Thriller, War, Drama, History
Status
Released
Languages
English, German, Latin, Spanish
Country
United Kingdom
Writers
Producers
Cast

Clifton Webb
as Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Gloria Grahame
as Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng
as Lt. George Acres

Josephine Griffin
as Pam

Stephen Boyd
as Patrick O'Reilly

Laurence Naismith
as Adm. Cross

Geoffrey Keen
as Gen. Nye

Moultrie Kelsall
as The Father

Cyril Cusack
as Taxi Driver

André Morell
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Michael Hordern
as Gen. Coburn

Allan Cuthbertson
as Vice-Admiral

Joan Hickson
as Landlady

Terence Longdon
as Larry

Gibb McLaughlin
as Porter
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Miles Malleson
as Scientist

William Russell
as Joe

William Squire
as Lt. Jewell

Richard Wattis
as Shop Assistant

Ronald Adam
as Adams
Production Companies
Sumar Productions
The Man Who Never Was Official Trailer 1956
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