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TMDB19561h 43mThriller / War / Drama / History

The Man Who Never Was

The most fiendish plot ever conceived! The most amazing "human being" ever created! The most diabolical phantom--

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.

TMDB audience score

Based on 96 votes

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The Man Who Never Was at a glance

Worked out from the film's TMDB record and its United Kingdom provider listings. These are facts about the data, not a review.

Runtime

Standard length · 1h 43m

At 1h 43m it sits between 90 minutes and two hours.

Genres

Thriller · War · Drama · History

TMDB files it under thriller, war, drama, and history.

UK availability

No UK listings

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TMDB audience score

7.0 / 10 on TMDB

TMDB users rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 96 votes, a strong audience score. That is a moderate sample of voters.

Why watch The Man Who Never Was tonight

  • It is a regular evening's length at 1h 43m.
  • TMDB users rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 96 votes.
  • There is a trailer on this page if you want a look first.