The Man Who Never Was

Ronald Neame
1956-04-03

The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--
7
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.

Cast

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