The Man Who Never Was
1956 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 6,040 VOTES · DIR. Ronald Neame
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,215 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:28 Last night I dreamed a deadly dream.
00:04:47 Just for a moment I thought someone had had it.
00:08:51 Come on in, Pam.
00:11:56 - Meantime, may we get on? - Yes, sir.
00:14:38 Good-bye.
00:17:27 Then you'd be sure that the Germans would get the documents.
00:20:04 and gaze into the distance with big, brown eyes.
00:23:47 Because, Monty, there simply isn't any way of getting a body.
00:26:55 this is an opportunity for your son to do a great thing for England.
00:30:36 I won't ever forget.
00:33:51 Maybe there'll be a time when it's all over...
00:37:03 "to send you a personal letter by hand of one of Mountbatten's officers...
00:43:10 Correct.
00:51:51 Not long now.
01:01:31 I called on the magistrate before the funeral.
01:05:24 We even know about his debts.
01:09:34 I expect you'd like a cup of tea, wouldn't you? I can make you one quite easily.
01:14:32 Oh no, there I couldn't be sure.
01:18:10 Obviously, yet when you suggested an appointment, he agreed.
01:24:53 Won't you sit down?
01:28:22 Now I never will.
01:32:46 I'd like to get that description to General Colbourne.
01:36:39 and now I must stand by what they tell me.
01:42:46 and I think that man was I.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,215
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line01:42:46
Production Record
DirectorRonald Neame
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,040