---
title: 'The Man Who Never Was (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ronald Neame'
released: '1956-03-15'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-never-was-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049471/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Man Who Never Was (1956)

1956 · 103 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Ewen Montagu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-montagu), [Nigel Balchin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-balchin)
- **Director:** [Ronald Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-neame)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alan Rawsthorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-rawsthorne)
- **Producer:** [André Hakim](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-hakim)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Peter Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-taylor)

## Cast

- [Stephen Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-boyd)
- [Gloria Grahame](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-grahame)
- [Laurence Naismith](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-naismith)
- [Terence Longdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-longdon)
- [Clifton Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-webb)
- [Allan Cuthbertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-cuthbertson)
- [Peter Sellers](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sellers)
- [François Périer](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-perier)
- [William Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-russell)
- [Moultrie Kelsall](https://cinepixo.com/people/moultrie-kelsall)
- [Geoffrey Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-keen)
- [Ewen Montagu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-montagu)
- [Robert Flemyng](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-flemyng)
- [André Morell](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-morell)
- [Josephine Griffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-griffin)

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