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starring: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin, Stephen Boyd directed by: Ronald Neame See Larger Image Used Price: $2.45 Collectible Price: $19.98 Third Party New Price: $16.70 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302078022 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6302078024 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 103 minutes Sales Rank: 12314 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 1955 Related Items: The Counterfeit Traitor The Day of the Jackal Operation Amsterdam Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Criterion Collection Eye of the Needle see more Editorial Review: Description: Clifton Webb stars in this fascinating account of a daring intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. In an effort to convince the Germans to redeploy their defenses, Lt. Commander Montagu (Webb) creates a false English officer and fabricates letters that indicate the British intend to land in Greece. Montagu than plants these documents on a dead man and orchestrates the 'discovery' of this 'officer' on the coast of Spain, Knowing the papers will fall into German hands. What follows is a taut cat-and mouse game as British Intelligence waits for Berlin to respond, then races to stay one step ahead of the Nazi agent dispatched to determine if the dead man is genuine. This true story of ingenious deception is a riveting tale of wartime espionage. Amazon.com: A real beauty of a true story provides the basis for The Man Who Never Was, a gripping World War II picture that has no combat scenes, no great vistas of troops. The time is 1943, as the Allies prepare the invasion of Sicily and desperately need a diversionary ploy to make the Germans suspect another invasion target. The solution is simple but ingenious: a dead man's body will be left in the sea to float ashore on the coast of Spain; made to look like a British pilot, he will be carrying papers suggesting an Allied attack on Greece. When the papers fall to the Nazis, they'll swallow the bogus story…or will they? The film's final third tracks an Irish spy for the Axis (Steven Boyd, in one of his first roles) as he travels to London to investigate loose ends. Clifton Webb gives a crisp, disciplined performance as Ewen Montagu, the officer in charge of the scheme. The film errs only in some melodrama involving Gloria Grahame, the histrionic roommate of an Intelligence worker. Other than that, director Ronald Neame brings his steady, classy approach to bear on a good yarn, and saves special grace for the treatment of the unfortunate dead man who unwittingly loaned his body to a stunt that saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives. The film's final haunting shots capture the ethereal shiver of its title. --Robert Horton Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - British intelligence at its finest hour. An amazing film in any way. This is one of the most meticulously well told espionage stories ever! Clifton Webb gives a stunning performance as the cold Lt. Commander Mantagu, whose mission is to create a diversion tactic to lure the Germans away from the real Italian location the British plan to invade. So he thinks of the most daring, sophisticated and simple plan of them all: to have a dead British officer carrying top secret information falling on the hands of the Germans. But the plan is not easy and every ... Read More Rating: - "Being All Washed-Up" In a Good Way This is such a great movie, and if I had never seen it, I would not have known of this ingenious ploy created to out-fox the Germans in WWII. It involves planting false information on a body that is then allowed to wash up upon a critical shore. The Germans recover the body, analyze the false information and papers on the body, consider them geunine, and make battle plans accordingly, thinking they have a real "find." Instead they fall into a well-planned trap. Clifton Webb is excellent in his ... Read More Rating: - One of Clftons great ones I love all of Clifton Webb films, this one really extracts his serious side of acting. great film of the era, he is truly the one of the best actors of his time. Rating: - The Man Who Never Was A world war 2 story with a very unusual twist. It held my interest throughout the movie. The acting was so good, I beleived all the events to be true. I would recommend it to all. Movie buff-Ann Rating: - The Man Who Never Was A true war time adventure.Clifton Web did a great performance.A clever plan to fool the Germans. see more Browse for similar items by category: Action & Adventure - Genres - VHS - Video - Espionage Action & Adventure - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Classics Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS Military & War - Genres - VHS - Video - World War II