The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Thriller
War
Drama
History
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
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Lucy Sherwood
Gen. Coburn
Vice-Admiral
Landlady
Larry
Porter
Scientist
Joe
Lt. Jewell
Shop Assistant
Adams
Lt. George Acres
French
Club Matron (uncredited)
Passport Officer (uncredited)
Wills Officer (uncredited)
Bank Manager
Winston Churchill (voice)
Patrick O'Reilly
Adm. Cross
Gen. Nye
The Father
Taxi Driver
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Producer
Associate Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Art Direction
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Book
Conductor
Camera Operator
Sound Editor
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Makeup Artist
Visual Effects