He has a cameo role, that of a Royal Air Force air vice-marshal who has doubts about the feasibility of the proposed plan. Josephine Griffin is wonderful as Webb's steadfast assistant, Pam and so is Gloria Grahame as the lovelorn Lucy. I especially enjoyed all the checking details that he went through to prove that "Major Willie Martin" of the British Royal Marines was just a British ploy. To me its a master piece. For example, the episode of the Irish spy, O'Reilly, is a complete fabrication. Paroles The Man Who Never Lied par Maroon 5 Contributeurs : 0 . The corpse will appear as a plane crash victim, the non-existent Royal Marine, Major William Martin, who is carrying falsified letters about a forthcoming Allied invasion of German-occupied Greece, rather than the obvious target of Sicily. This takes place during WWII and involves the British and German intelligence agencies.

It is a movie about how intelligent the British had to be. Johnny has an encounter with an enigmatic neighbor (Robert Culp) and senses that the cranky recluse will vanish. All actors are superb but Clifton Web and Gloria Graheme is I would suggest outstanding. It Actually Happened. British naval agents plant the corpse of a fake major with data to mislead the Nazis.

In 1943, Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu (Clifton Webb) devises a scheme to deceive the Nazis about the impending invasion of Southern Europe. I liked him in those films and I enjoyed his acting even more in this film. Unable to add item to List. 16. Hitler is convinced the document is genuine, even though the head of the Abwehr – Admiral Wilhelm Canaris – is skeptical. Clifton Webb plays a subordinate member of the admiralty with cunning intelligence, much like the inventor of James Bond (Ian Fleming) in his post-war years. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who would rather see brain power used to defeat an enemy over an all out slug festival between two armies. Clifton Webb gives a crisp, disciplined performance as Ewen Montagu, the officer in charge of the scheme.

If you like these type of films, this is a must to add to your collection. 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. Download the TV Guide app for iPhone, iPad and Android! After the attaché case containing the letters is returned to London, a laboratory expert confirms that the key letter, describing the (false) Allied attack in Greece, was cleverly opened and resealed. It entails releasing a dead body just off the coast of Spain, where strong currents will almost certainly cause it to drift ashore in an area where a skilled German secret agent operates. Acres (Robert Flemyng), take the corpse (concealed in a canister packed with dry ice) to a waiting submarine. Fantastic Screenplay, movie and performances, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2020. After no one arrives at his flat, O'Reilly sends a "Martin genuine!"

The BBC's radio comedy show, The Goon Show, made a send-up of the story of The Man Who Never Was (based on the book) and incorporated most of the regular Goon Show characters. As a final test, however, he gives Lucy his real north London address, telling her to contact him if she needs anything. Fascinating - it caused me to wonder about all the many other unknown stories involving those whose sacrifices are only known to God. An excellent film to add to your collection. The Man Who Wasn't There is filmed very well and the story is good on paper, but an emotional connection to the characters or the things that happen to them "wasn't there." 09.

All the actors were great and did a good job.

Earth awaits a terrible fate in the far future, so a 20th Century astronaut and a typically hideously malformed future Earthling go back in time hoping to change history. CORRIGER LES PAROLES Paroles: The Man Who Never Lied. The story involves another WWII ploy to trick the Nazis, though it's fact-based and gripping from the beginning. --Robert Horton. This movie, based on the true story of British Operation Mincemeat, hooks you right from the beginning. As hoped, the body washes ashore on a Spanish beach and is processed by local authorities, observed by German and British consulate staff. I collect classic films and watch them on my computer. Sit down with pop corn and enjoy. Good acting, fairly accurate retelling for the events for Operation Mincemeat, and just a good movie. This is another true story brought to light only recently cloaked with some secrecy. But I suppose that was a different generation. Attached to the dead body was a briefcase containing fake letters falsely stating that the Allied attack would be against Sardinia and Greece rather than Sicily, the actual point of invasion. Operation Mincemeat involved the acquisition and dressing up of a human cadaver as a "Major William Martin, R.M." He then radios his German contacts to expect another message in an hour.

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[8] Both of the later versions have been issued on CD sets. This movie was originally filmed in 1955 and released in 1956, my first year in nursing training. I enjoyed it both times.

You rarely go wrong with a film starring Clifton Webb. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2019. It stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd. The British Security Service controlled the German spy network in the UK with its Double-Cross System, though this fact was still secret at the time the film was made. The whole angle with the Nazi spy in London, hunting down info on Major Martin is suspenseful and makes this film into a genuine spy thriller as well. If one is not sent, it means British counterintelligence has arrested him. O'Reilly checks a story he had heard concerning Martin's "fiancée", Lucy Sherwood (Gloria Grahame). For other uses, see, "Festival de Cannes: The Man Who Never Was", "The Man Who Never Was – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online", "The Man Who Never Was, The Goon Show - BBC Radio 4 Extra", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Man_Who_Never_Was&oldid=981524863, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 20:55. This is based on a real deception operation from WW II called Operation Mincemeat. A true British classic. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. WOW! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2018. I always try to give a real review and not a fake one.

On the one hand, certain accounts claim the true identity of "Major William Martin" was a homeless, alcoholic rat-catcher from Aberbargoed, Wales, Glyndwr Michael, who had died by self-administering a small dose of rat poison. It was described by Ben Macintyre in his excellent book "Operation Mincemeat" as a "surreal" moment when the real Montagu addressed his fictional persona, played by Clifton Webb. When the papers fall to the Nazis, they'll swallow the bogus story…or will they? After the war, Montagu leaves his CBE at the grave of "the man who never was". The Germans then transfer most of their Sicily-based forces to Greece, making the Allied deception successful. Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014. Directed by Leonard J. Horn. In a supporting role pivotal to the story is Gloria Grahame. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes spy and/or WWII movies. Johnny gets a vision that he's disappearing from the face of the earth, then meets a house-bound old man who shares his fear of vanishing.

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