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

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