

The Man Who Never Was
The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--
Thriller
War
Drama
History
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1956-04-03
Runtime:
1h 43m
Director:
Ronald Neame
Writer:
Nigel Balchin
Top Cast

Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

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

Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver

André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn

Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
Official Videos

The Man Who Never Was 1956 Trailer
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