The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away
1957DramaWar111 mins

Plot

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.

  • Roy Ward Baker

    Director

  • James Leasor

    Novel

  • Howard Clewes

    Writer

  • Kendal Burt

    Novel

  • Eric Cross

    Director of Photography

  • Sidney Hayers

    Editor

  • Hardy Krüger

    Franz von Werra

  • Colin Gordon

    Army Interrogator

  • Michael Goodliffe

    R.A.F. Interrogator

  • Terence Alexander

    R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

  • Jack Gwillim

    Commandant, Grizedale

  • Andrew Faulds

    Lieutenant, Grizedale

  • Julian Somers

    Booking Clerk

  • Alec McCowen

    Duty Officer, Hucknall

  • Harry Lockart

    German Prisoner

  • Robert Crewdson

    German Prisoner

  • George Mikell

    German Prisoner

  • George Roubicek

    German Prisoner

  • John Van Eyssen

    German Prisoner

  • Richard Marner

    German Prisoner

  • Frederick Jaeger

    German Prisoner

  • Paul Hansard

    German Prisoner

  • Peggy Ann Clifford

    Train Conductor

  • Robert Cawdron

    Officer on Horseback

  • Bernard Horsfall

    Lieutenant - Kent

  • Glyn Houston

    Harry 'Hurricane'

  • Stratford Johns

    Second Detective

  • Robert Raglan

    Bystander

  • Michael Ripper

    The Corporal who Frisks Franz

  • Norman Rossington

    Sergeant - Swanick

  • Reg Thomason

    German Prisoner of War

  • Frank Williams

    Station Porter

  • Reed De Rouen

    Canadian Truck Driver

  • Runtime

    111 minutes

    Released

    1957-11-22

    Languages

    Deutsch

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Julian Wintle Productions

    The Rank Organisation

    Sound

  • Hubert Clifford

    Music

  • Updated

    443 days ago

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