The Man Who Never Was
1956 · Thriller, War · 1h 43m · NR · ★ 7.0 on TMDB
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The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 thriller and war movie directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame and Robert Flemyng. It runs 1h 43m and is rated NR. TMDB users rate it 7.0 out of 10.
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.
Details
- Released
- April 3, 1956
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Cast
- Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith
- Genres
- Thriller, War, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Age rating
- NR
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