The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

1956-04-03| 103 min

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.

Genres

ThrillerWarDramaHistory

Cast

Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Josephine Griffin

Josephine Griffin

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

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