The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was
1956ThrillerWarDrama103 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 A... read more

  • Ronald Neame

    Director

  • Nigel Balchin

    Screenplay

  • Ewen Montagu

    Book

  • Oswald Morris

    Director of Photography

  • Peter Taylor

    Editor

  • 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

  • Joan Hickson

    Landlady

  • Terence Longdon

    Larry

  • Gibb McLaughlin

    Porter

  • Miles Malleson

    Scientist

  • William Russell

    Joe

  • William Squire

    Lt. Jewell

  • Richard Wattis

    Shop Assistant

  • Ronald Adam

    Adams

  • Robert Brown

    French

  • Everley Gregg

    Club Matron (uncredited)

  • Lloyd Lamble

    Passport Officer (uncredited)

  • Brian Oulton

    Wills Officer (uncredited)

  • John Welsh

    Bank Manager

  • Peter Sellers

    Winston Churchill (voice)

    • Runtime

    103 minutes

    Released

    1956-04-03

    Languages

    English

    Latin

    Español

    Deutsch

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Sumar Productions

    Sound

  • Alan Rawsthorne

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    41 days ago

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