The One That Got Away
1957•1h 51m•6.8/10
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6.8/10(58)
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.
Production
Julian Wintle Productions, The Rank Organisation
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
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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
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'
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