The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was (1956)

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

  • Genre: Thriller, War, Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1956-04-03
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 80 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Sumar Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Ronald Neame
star 7.1/10
From 80 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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
  • Miles Malleson

    as Scientist
  • William Russell

    as Joe
  • William Squire

    as Lt. Jewell
  • Richard Wattis

    as Shop Assistant
  • Ronald Adam

    as Adams
  • Robert Brown

    as French
  • Everley Gregg

    as Club Matron (uncredited)
  • Lloyd Lamble

    as Passport Officer (uncredited)
  • Brian Oulton

    as Wills Officer (uncredited)
  • John Welsh

    as Bank Manager
  • Peter Sellers

    as Winston Churchill (voice)
Directing Ronald Neame Director
Writing Nigel Balchin Screenplay
Art John Hawkesworth Art Direction
Production Bob McNaught Associate Producer
Directing Gerry O'Hara Assistant Director
Editing Peter Taylor Editor
Production André Hakim Producer
Sound Alan Rawsthorne Original Music Composer
Directing Erica Masters Assistant Director
Camera Oswald Morris Director of Photography
Sound Muir Mathieson Conductor
Sound Winston Ryder Sound Editor
Writing Ewen Montagu Book
Camera Arthur Ibbetson Camera Operator
Visual Effects Tom Howard Visual Effects
Sound J.B. Smith Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Harold Fletcher Makeup Artist
Sound Basil Fenton-Smith Sound Mixer

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