Alicia I love this movie so much

Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

noelani54 This film would not have been made, until decades later, had someone not blown the whistle, while it was still meant to be classified. It had worked so well, that they wanted to reserve the right to use it again, if there was a similar war any time in the near future. Since it was made, though, I think they did an excellent job on the film, starting with casting Clifton Webb as the mastermind of the operation. Gloria Graham added a great deal, too, although her character was mostly fictitious. Stephen Boyd as the German spy also added strength to it. I loved the way they demonstrated respect to the corpse, and the extreme care they took to cover every base. How many Allied troops were saved, just that one landing, is unknown, but would certainly have been in the thousands. To sum it up, I feel this was an excellent telling of a brilliant and dramatic event in history!

gavin6942 True story of a British attempt to trick the enemy into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack, using a dead man with faked papers.I had heard of Operation Mincemeat, but did not really know much about it. How much is covered here is uncertain, and of course some elements are fictionalized (the father of the corpse, for example, is a completely invented figure). But this is just a fascinating story, and even when told in a semi-fictional sense, it demands a level of curiosity.I feel like the film is not well-known, and that is not surprising: it is devoid of any known actors, and the director is also unknown to me. Peter Sellers provides a voice, but without being credited, so that hardly counts.

secondtake The Man Who Never Was (1956)A straight up insider, realistic yet slick wide screen view of a particular British undercover mission in WWII. There, in one sentence, said it all. It's a very very good film, but depends on its ordinary flair to survive, which means its flair remains a bit ordinary. Some great acting, fast editing, and a final third with a surprise twist that keeps you really watching. And it's based on fact, which adds yet another tilt.I watched it at first because I wanted to see Gloria Grahame, who can be simply astonishing in her slightly off beat roles. And she comes through to a degree here--she doesn't have a lot of screen time, and her role is partly to be saucy (as usual) but partly to be upset and crying, which she does really well. I love the drama built into World War II, in any form, though combat films are less interesting than civilian ones to me, and this was mostly on the home front, London after the Blitz but while some overhead bombing was still apparently going on (it is heard in one scene).As a look at secret service work, or what might now be called a Special Ops mission, it's really quite believable. I suspect, being only a decade after the event happened, there was an attempt to make it honest, but beyond that, it feels honest. The people are determined and flawed and yet very smart and a little lucky. What seems like a turning point in the invasion of Europe by the Allies really seems to hinge on the intuition of one or two people, and the ad lib genius of one American girl on the spot (which I assume is fiction, but who knows?).If you want to relax but never be bored, this is a terrific movie. Though technically an American production, it's thoroughly British, from the source book to the cast to the setting, of course, in London. The British director was originally a cinematographer, which might account for the solid (if unsensational) visual sense of it all. It's not a breakthrough, moving, or memorable film, surely, but as high quality entertainment with a toe in important history it excels.

thinker1691 During World War II, some of the most incredible stories were never revealed to the public at large. Their are a number of reasons why, secrecy, classified or often very personal to living relatives. This movie stems from one such individual. The book from which this remarkable story arises was penned by Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu. Clifton Webb plays Cmdr. Montagu, a British, special Operations naval Officer who is given an order to design a secret plan to deceive the German War machine. In essence, the plan has to convince the Germans, the Allies are not going to use Italy's island of Sardinia as a staging area to invade Europe. Robert Flemyng plays Lt. George Acres, who conceives the incredible idea of using a dead man (Glyndwr Michael) to fool the enemy. The plan is not readily acceptable to the High Brass who believe it contains too many flaws. The team must secure a dead body, make it look like a drown officer who is carrying Top Secrets in his briefcase. Further difficulties include fooling a top secret Irish agent (Stephen Boyd) into believing the dead man was a real British Army Major stationed in London. The top notch cast includes Laurence Naismith, Michael Hordern, Josephine Griffin, Wolf Frees and the voice of Peter Sellers. Based on a real life incident, this movie offers a subtle but very dark drama and Clifton Webb is at his very best. Offered to anyone seeking a quiet attempt to thank those who also " Stand and Wait." ****