The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away
Release: 1957-11-22
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 6.8
War
Drama
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 Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Julian Wintle Productions
The Rank Organisation
Cast
Alec McCowen
as Duty Officer, Hucknall
Frederick Jaeger
as German Prisoner
Richard Marner
as German Prisoner
Howard Lang
as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
Hardy Krüger
as Franz von Werra
Michael Goodliffe
as R.A.F. Interrogator
Michael Ripper
as The Corporal who Frisks Franz
Robert Crewdson
as German Prisoner
John Van Eyssen
as German Prisoner
Paul Hansard
as German Prisoner
Colin Gordon
as Army Interrogator
Glyn Houston
as Harry 'Hurricane'
Terence Alexander
as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
Bernard Horsfall
as Lieutenant - Kent
Stratford Johns
as Second Detective
Norman Rossington
as Sergeant - Swanick
Frank Williams
as Station Porter
Jack Gwillim
as Commandant, Grizedale
Andrew Faulds
as Lieutenant, Grizedale
Julian Somers
as Booking Clerk
