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The Man Who Never Was


Date: 1956
Type: War / Thriller
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5<
Colour: Yes
Director: Ronald Neame
Producer: Andre Hakim

Comment/Synopsis

During World War 2 in the run up to the invasion of Sicilly, the British come up with a plan to mislead the Germans as to the location of the invasion by using a dead body to create a fake life and give him the false information ready to be discovered by the Germans. The story is based on actual events and has lots of detail as to how this was all set up. A low key, but engaging spy thriller.

Oscars

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Production
Twentieth Century Fox