The Man Who Never Was
1956 film by Ronald Neame / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1956 film. For the memoir by Ewen Montagu, see The Man Who Never Was (book). For The Sarah Jane Adventures episode, see The Man Who Never Was (The Sarah Jane Adventures).
The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 British espionage thriller film produced by André Hakim and directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd. It is based on the book of the same name by Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu and chronicles Operation Mincemeat, a 1943 British intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily would take place elsewhere in the Mediterranean.
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The Man Who Never Was | |
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Directed by | Ronald Neame |
Screenplay by | Nigel Balchin |
Based on | The Man Who Never Was (1953 book) by Ewen Montagu |
Produced by | André Hakim |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
Edited by | Peter Taylor |
Music by | Alan Rawsthorne |
Production company | Sumar Film Productions |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | 15 March 1956 (1956-03-15) (UK) |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The Man Who Never Was was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and Nigel Balchin's screenplay won the BAFTA for that year.[2]