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The Man Who Never Was (1956) [NR]

Release Date:
April 3, 1956

Original Title:
The Man Who Never Was

Alternate Titles:
El espía que nunca existió
El hombre que nunca existió
The Man Who Never Was
맨 후 네버 워즈
존재하지 않은 사나이

Genres:
Drama | History | Thriller | War

Production Companies:
Sumar Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 103

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

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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.

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Art Direction:
John Hawkesworth

Assistant Director:
Erica Masters
Gerry O'Hara

Associate Producer:
Bob McNaught

Book:
Ewen Montagu

Camera Operator:
Arthur Ibbetson

Conductor:
Muir Mathieson

Director:
Ronald Neame

Director of Photography:
Oswald Morris

Editor:
Peter Taylor

Makeup Artist:
Harold Fletcher

Original Music Composer:
Alan Rawsthorne

Producer:
André Hakim

Screenplay:
Nigel Balchin

Sound Editor:
Winston Ryder

Sound Mixer:
J.B. Smith
Basil Fenton-Smith

Visual Effects:
Tom Howard

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