Overview
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.
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Top Cast
Clifton Webb
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
Gloria Grahame
Lucy Sherwood
Robert Flemyng
Lt. George Acres
Josephine Griffin
Pam
Stephen Boyd
Patrick O'Reilly
Laurence Naismith
Adm. Cross
Geoffrey Keen
Gen. Nye
Moultrie Kelsall
The Father
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Release Date
April 3, 1956
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
NR
Genres
Drama, History, Thriller, War
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