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The Man Who Never Was

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The Man Who Never Was

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Second World War spy drama based on on a true story, starring Clifton Webb. Spring, 1943: as the Allies plan to invade Europe through Sicily, they must deceive the enemy into expecting the attack elsewhere. So Lieutenant Commander Montagu proposes a daring and ingenious plan.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

Hollywood character actor Clifton Webb (Laura, Three Coins in the Fountain) takes the lead role in this intriguing Second World War espionage drama about the real-life plan to fool the Nazis into believing that the Allies had no interest in invading Sicily from North Africa. Webb plays Ewen Montagu, the mastermind behind the scheme, in which a corpse, a British one, is washed ashore with secret papers marking Greece as the invasion site. But the Germans aren't so easily convinced and send Irish agent Stephen Boyd to London to investigate, which naturally enough calls for the presence of a local love interest (Gloria Grahame). Directed efficiently by Ronald Neame and scripted by Nigel Balchin (who won a Bafta for his work), the picture may appear overly reverent by today's standards. But this is still a crucial wartime spy tale that is well worth watching.

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Cast

rolenameLt Cmdr Ewen MontaguClifton WebbLucyGloria GrahameO'ReillyStephen BoydGeorge AcresRobert FlemyngPamJosephine GriffinSir Bernard SpilsburyAndré MorellAdmiral CrossLaurence NaismithGeneral NyeGeoffrey KeenGeneral CoburnMichael HordernTaxi DriverCyril CusackLandladyJoan HicksonShop assistantRichard WattisLarryTerence LongdonScientistMiles MallesonAir MarshalEwen MontaguWinston ChurchillPeter Sellers

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rolenameDirectorRonald Neame

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Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Languages

English | German | Latin | Spanish

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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