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Clifton WebbLt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
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Gloria GrahameLucy Sherwood
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Robert FlemyngLt. George Acres
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Josephine GriffinPam
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Stephen BoydPatrick O'Reilly
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Laurence NaismithAdm. Cross
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Geoffrey KeenGen. Nye
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Moultrie KelsallThe Father
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Release
03/04/1956
Rating
⭐ 7.0/10
Runtime
103 min
Status
Released
Genres
ThrillerWarDramaHistory
Languages
EnglishGermanLatinSpanish
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Lepsi TV
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Poster

The Man Who Never Was

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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A bit like "I Was Monty's Double" (1958), this is a clever tale of British counter-espionage based on a true story. An RNVR officer Ewan Montagu (Clifton Webb) hits on the idea of arranging for the body of a senior British officer to be washed up on the shores of Spain ...

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