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

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