'' The Man Who Never Was '' is a 1956 UK Second World War film , produced by André Hakim and directed by Ronald Neame . It stars Clifton Webb , Gloria Grahame and Robert Flemyng . 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 Operation Husky , the Allied invasion of Sicily , would take place elsewhere in the Mediterranean . '' The Man Who Never Was '' was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival , and Nigel Balchin 's screenplay won the BAFTA for that year
1956 Cannes Film Festival
1956 Cannes Film Festival
The Man Who Never Was