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

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