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
Mai Zetterling
as Anna DeBurg
Philip Friend
as Capt. Bob Sawyer
Albert Lieven
as Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz Wendhausen
as Warder Goeter
Carl Jaffe
as Cellblock Guard Becker
Gerard Heinz
as German Prison Doctor
Walter Gotell
as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Friedrich Joloff
as Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
Simone Silva
as Mink, Valentin's girl
Theodore Bikel
as Anton
Ferdy Mayne
as Berlin detective
Walter Rilla
as Colonel Bertrand
Paul Hardtmuth
as Ship's Watchman