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

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