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

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