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

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