The Man Who Never Was (1956)

The Man Who Never Was
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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.

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Cast

Peter Sellers
as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Stephen Boyd
as Patrick O'Reilly
Gloria Grahame
as Lucy Sherwood
Cyril Cusack
as Taxi Driver
Joan Hickson
as Landlady
Geoffrey Keen
as Gen. Nye
William Squire
as Lt. Jewell
Michael Hordern
as Gen. Coburn
William Russell
as Joe
Richard Wattis
as Shop Assistant
John Welsh
as Bank Manager
Laurence Naismith
as Adm. Cross
Miles Malleson
as Scientist
Allan Cuthbertson
as Vice-Admiral
André Morell
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Clifton Webb
as Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Robert Brown
as French
Lloyd Lamble
as Passport Officer (uncredited)
Ronald Adam
as Adams
Terence Longdon
as Larry
Everley Gregg
as Club Matron (uncredited)
Robert Flemyng
as Lt. George Acres
Brian Oulton
as Wills Officer (uncredited)
Moultrie Kelsall
as The Father
Josephine Griffin
as Pam
Gibb McLaughlin
as Porter

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