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

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