Thriller War Drama History
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.
Directed by
Ronald Neame
Richard Wattis
Shop Assistant
William Russell
Joe
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
John Welsh
Bank Manager
Peter Sellers
Winston Churchill (voice)
William Squire
Lt. Jewell
Cyril Cusack
Taxi Driver
Michael Hordern
Gen. Coburn
Joan Hickson
Landlady
André Morell
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Laurence Naismith
Adm. Cross
Allan Cuthbertson
Vice-Admiral
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Miles Malleson
Scientist
Geoffrey Keen
Gen. Nye
Terence Longdon
Larry
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Robert Brown
French
Ronald Adam
Adams
Gibb McLaughlin
Porter
Josephine Griffin
Pam
Brian Oulton
Wills Officer (uncredited)
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
Lloyd Lamble
Passport Officer (uncredited)
Everley Gregg
Club Matron (uncredited)

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