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.
Title | The Man Who Never Was |
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Year | 1956 |
Genre | Thriller, War, Drama, History |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Sumar Productions |
Cast | Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith |
Crew | Ronald Neame (Director), Nigel Balchin (Screenplay), Oswald Morris (Director of Photography), Peter Taylor (Editor), Gerry O'Hara (Assistant Director), Erica Masters (Assistant Director) |
Keyword | bank, world war ii, dead body |
Release | Apr 03, 1956 |
Runtime | 103 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.99 / 10 by 85 users |