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

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