The One That Got Away
6.849
53 reviews
War/Drama
1h 51m
1957
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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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.
- DirectorRoy Ward Baker
- Release22 November 1957
- Genre
- Duration1h 51m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate6.84953 reviews
- Productions
Julian Wintle Productions, The Rank Organisation
Cast
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
Robert Crewdson
German Prisoner
John Van Eyssen
German Prisoner
Richard Marner
German Prisoner
Frederick Jaeger
German Prisoner
Paul Hansard
German Prisoner
Bernard Horsfall
Lieutenant - Kent
Glyn Houston
Harry 'Hurricane'
Stratford Johns
Second Detective
Michael Ripper
The Corporal who Frisks Franz
Norman Rossington
Sergeant - Swanick
Frank Williams
Station Porter
Howard Lang
Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
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