The Man Who Never Was

Based On the book by Ewen Montagu

The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 British espionage thriller film produced by André Hakim and directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd. It is based on the book of the same name by Lt Cmdr Ewen Montagu and chronicles Operation Mincemeat, a 1943 British intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily would take place elsewhere in the Mediterranean. The Man Who Never Was was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, and Nigel Balchin's screenplay won the BAFTA for that year.

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Release date:

March 15, 1956

Director:

Ronald Neame

Cast:

Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith, Cyril Cusack

Genre:

Drama, War

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1956 in adaptations