The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was by Ronald Neame

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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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Cast

Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb as Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame as Lucy Sherwood

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng as Lt. George Acres

Josephine Griffin

Josephine Griffin as Pam

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd as Patrick O'Reilly

Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith as Adm. Cross

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen as Gen. Nye

Moultrie Kelsall

Moultrie Kelsall as The Father

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack as Taxi Driver

André Morell

André Morell as Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern as Gen. Coburn

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson as Vice-Admiral

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson as Landlady

Terence Longdon

Terence Longdon as Larry

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin as Porter

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson as Scientist

William Russell

William Russell as Joe

William Squire

William Squire as Lt. Jewell

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis as Shop Assistant

Ronald Adam

Ronald Adam as Adams

Robert Brown

Robert Brown as French

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg as Club Matron (uncredited)

Lloyd Lamble

Lloyd Lamble as Passport Officer (uncredited)

Brian Oulton

Brian Oulton as Wills Officer (uncredited)

John Welsh

John Welsh as Bank Manager

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers as Winston Churchill (voice)

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