Desperate Moment
Desperate Moment
Release: 1953-03-17
·Runtime: 88m
Thriller
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
as Simon Van Halder
Friedrich Joloff
as Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
Gerard Heinz
as German Prison Doctor
Theodore Bikel
as Anton
Albert Lieven
as Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz Wendhausen
as Warder Goeter
Walter Gotell
as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Simone Silva
as Mink, Valentin's girl
Ferdy Mayne
as Berlin detective
Paul Hardtmuth
as Ship's Watchman
Mai Zetterling
as Anna DeBurg
Philip Friend
as Capt. Bob Sawyer
Carl Jaffe
as Cellblock Guard Becker
Walter Rilla
as Colonel Bertrand