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The Man Who Never Was( 1956)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Clifton Webb

      Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

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      Gloria Grahame

      Lucy Sherwood

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      Robert Flemyng

      Lt. George Acres

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      Josephine Griffin

      Pam

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      Stephen Boyd

      Patrick O'Reilly

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      Laurence Naismith

      Adm. Cross

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      Geoffrey Keen

      Gen. Nye

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      Moultrie Kelsall

      The Father

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      Cyril Cusack

      Taxi Driver

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      André Morell

      Sir Bernard Spilsbury

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      Michael Hordern

      Gen. Coburn

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      Allan Cuthbertson

      Vice-Admiral

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      Joan Hickson

      Landlady

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      Terence Longdon

      Larry

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Porter

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      Miles Malleson

      Scientist

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      William Russell

      Joe

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      William Squire

      Lt. Jewell

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      Richard Wattis

      Shop Assistant

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      Ronald Adam

      Adams

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      Robert Brown

      French

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      Everley Gregg

      Club Matron (uncredited)

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      Lloyd Lamble

      Passport Officer (uncredited)

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      Brian Oulton

      Wills Officer (uncredited)

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      John Welsh

      Bank Manager

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      Peter Sellers

      Winston Churchill (voice)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Aug 11 2024
    A bit like "I Was Monty's Double" (1958), this is a clever tale of British counter-espionage based on a true story. An RNVR officer Ewan Montagu (Clifton Webb) hits on the idea of arranging for the body of a senior British officer to be washed up on the shores of Spain complete with a whole set of falsified documents designed to mislead the Nazis into thinking that Greece was a target for invasion from N. Africa and so as to encourage them to divide their forces. A solid British cast of Robert Flemyng, Geoffrey Keen and Laurence Naismith provide the military backbone to the story and Gloria Gra...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • bank
    • world war ii
    • dead body