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The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 Second World War film, based on the book of the same name by Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu and dramatising actual events. The film was directed by Ronald Neame and starred Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame and Robert Flemyng. It is about Operation Mincemeat, a 1943 British Intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, would take place elsewhere. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Nigel Balchin's screenplay won the BAFTA for that year.
Original Release
02/23/1956
US Release
04/03/1956
Cast
Name | Character |
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Clifton Webb | Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu |
Gloria Grahame | Lucy Sherwood |
Robert Flemyng | Lt. George Acres |
Josephine Griffin | Pam |
Stephen Boyd | Patrick O'Reilly |
Laurence Naismith | Adm. Cross |
Geoffrey Keen | Gen. Nye |
Moultrie Kelsall | The Father |
Cyril Cusack | Taxi Driver |
André Morell | Sir Bernard Spilsbury |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Clifton Webb | Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu |
Gloria Grahame | Lucy Sherwood |
Robert Flemyng | Lt. George Acres |
Josephine Griffin | Pam |
Stephen Boyd | Patrick O'Reilly |
Laurence Naismith | Adm. Cross |
Geoffrey Keen | Gen. Nye |
Moultrie Kelsall | The Father |
Cyril Cusack | Taxi Driver |
André Morell | Sir Bernard Spilsbury |
Michael Hordern | Gen. Coburn / Gen. Cockburn |
Allan Cuthbertson | Vice-Admiral |
Joan Hickson | Landlady |
Terence Longdon | Larry |
Gibb McLaughlin | Club Porter / Porter |
Miles Malleson | Scientist |
William Russell | Joe |
William Squire | Lt. Jewell |
Richard Wattis | Shop Assistant |
Ronald Adam | Adams |
Producers
Name | Role |
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André Hakim | Producer |
Bob McNaught | Producer |