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The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

Thriller, War, Drama, History

1h 43m

April 3, 1956 (69 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu

Birthday: November 19, 1889

66 October 13, 1966 (76)
Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Lucy Sherwood

Birthday: November 28, 1923

32 October 5, 1981 (57)
Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Lt. George Acres

Birthday: January 3, 1912

44 May 22, 1995 (83)
Josephine Griffin

Josephine Griffin

Pam

Birthday: December 13, 1928

27 September 15, 2005 (76)
Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Patrick O'Reilly

Birthday: July 4, 1931

24 June 2, 1977 (45)
Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

Adm. Cross

Birthday: December 14, 1908

47 June 5, 1992 (83)
Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Gen. Nye

Birthday: August 21, 1916

39 November 3, 2005 (89)
Moultrie Kelsall

Moultrie Kelsall

The Father

Birthday: October 24, 1901

54 February 12, 1980 (78)
Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Taxi Driver

Birthday: November 26, 1910

45 October 7, 1993 (82)
André Morell

André Morell

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Birthday: August 20, 1909

46 November 28, 1978 (69)