The One That Got Away
1957 · 1h 51m · Not Rated
Drama, War
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Roy Ward Baker Director
- 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
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