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

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