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The Man Who Never Was
Quick Facts
DirectorRonald Neame
Runtime1h 43m · NR
GenresDrama · History · Thriller · War
Release1956-04-03
Film

The Man Who Never Was

1956· NR· 1h 43m· Drama· History· Thriller· War

The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--

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.

1956-04-03
The Man Who Never Was

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Key Crew
DirectorRonald Neame
ScreenplayNigel Balchin
ProducerAndré Hakim
Director of PhotographyOswald Morris
Original Music ComposerAlan Rawsthorne
Full cast & crew (27 cast · 18 crew)

Details

Released1956-04-03
Runtime1h 43m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosSumar Productions
LanguagesEnglish · German · Latin · Spanish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating7.0/10 · 94 votes
Original languageen

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