The Man Who Never Was
1956 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
British Intelligence during World War II is trying to get the German High Command to shift it's forces away from Italy prior to the invasion. To create the illusion of a plan for England to invade Greece a dead body is to be procured, allowed to be found with secret papers on him by Spanish authorities who will send the papers on to the Germans, or that's the plan. First they have to find a body that will look drowned, and create an identity for him that will pass the examination of the German agent who is sure to check him out. Based on a true story.
Direction Ronald Neame
Cast Clifton Webb · Gloria Grahame · Robert Flemyng · Josephine Griffin · Stephen Boyd · Laurence Naismith · Geoffrey Keen · Moultrie Kelsall · Cyril Cusack · André Morell · Michael Hordern · Allan Cuthbertson · Joan Hickson · Terence Longdon · Gibb McLaughlin · Miles Malleson · William Russell · William Squire · Richard Wattis · François Périer
Soundtrack Alan Rawsthorne
Screenplay Nigel Balchin · Ewen Montagu
Cinematography Oswald Morris
Original title The Man Who Never Was
6.8
676 votes (FilmAffinity)
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