The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away (1957)


  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Release Date: 1957-11-22
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 44 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Julian Wintle Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Summary

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.

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  • Hardy Krüger

    as Franz von Werra

  • Colin Gordon

    as Army Interrogator

  • Michael Goodliffe

    as R.A.F. Interrogator

  • Terence Alexander

    as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

  • Jack Gwillim

    as Commandant, Grizedale

  • Andrew Faulds

    as Lieutenant, Grizedale

  • Julian Somers

    as Booking Clerk

  • Alec McCowen

    as Duty Officer, Hucknall

  • Harry Lockart

    as German Prisoner

  • Robert Crewdson

    as German Prisoner

  • George Mikell

    as German Prisoner

  • George Roubicek

    as German Prisoner

  • John Van Eyssen

    as German Prisoner

  • Richard Marner

    as German Prisoner

  • Frederick Jaeger

    as German Prisoner

  • Paul Hansard

    as German Prisoner

  • Peggy Ann Clifford

    as Train Conductor

  • Robert Cawdron

    as Officer on Horseback

  • Bernard Horsfall

    as Lieutenant - Kent

  • Glyn Houston

    as Harry 'Hurricane'

  • Stratford Johns

    as Second Detective

  • Robert Raglan

    as Bystander

  • Michael Ripper

    as The Corporal who Frisks Franz

  • Norman Rossington

    as Sergeant - Swanick

  • Reg Thomason

    as German Prisoner of War

  • Frank Williams

    as Station Porter

  • Reed De Rouen

    as Canadian Truck Driver

  • Jack Carter

    as Soldier (uncredited)
Directing Roy Ward Baker Director
Camera Eric Cross Director of Photography
Writing James Leasor Novel
Camera Ray Sturgess Camera Operator
Production Julian Wintle Producer
Writing Howard Clewes Writer
Costume & Make-Up Anthony Mendleson Costume Design
Editing Sidney Hayers Editor
Art Edward Carrick Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up George Claff Makeup Artist
Sound Arthur Ridout Sound Editor
Sound Hubert Clifford Music
Sound Roy Fry Sound Editor
Writing Kendal Burt Novel
Sound Gordon K. McCallum Sound Recordist
Sound C. C. Stevens Sound Recordist

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