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

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