Man Who Never Was (Region 1 Import DVD)

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Clifton Webbstars in this fascinating account of a daring intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. In an effort to convince the Germans to redeploy their defenses, Lt. Commander Montagu (Webb) creates a false English officer and fabricates letters that indicate the British intend to land in Greece. Montagu than plants these documents on a dead man and orchestrates the discovery of this officer on the coast of Spain, Knowing the papers will fall into German hands. What follows is a taut cat-and mouse game as British Intelligence waits for Berlin to respond, then races to stay one step ahead of the Nazi agent dispatched to determine if the dead man is genuine. This true story of ingenious deception is a riveting tale of wartime espionage.

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Clifton Webbstars in this fascinating account of a daring intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. In an effort to convince the Germans to redeploy their defenses, Lt. Commander Montagu (Webb) creates a false English officer and fabricates letters that indicate the British intend to land in Greece. Montagu than plants these documents on a dead man and orchestrates the discovery of this officer on the coast of Spain, Knowing the papers will fall into German hands. What follows is a taut cat-and mouse game as British Intelligence waits for Berlin to respond, then races to stay one step ahead of the Nazi agent dispatched to determine if the dead man is genuine. This true story of ingenious deception is a riveting tale of wartime espionage.

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Studio

Foxvideo

Country of origin

United States

Release date

June 2005

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Movie released

May 2008

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Dimensions

192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

DVD

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Region 1. This DVD will not play in all South African DVD players. You should only buy this if you are sure that your DVD player can play region 1 disks. Region 1. This DVD will not play in all South African DVD players. You should only buy this if you are sure that your DVD player can play region 1 disks.

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