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
Howard Lang
as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
Colin Gordon
as Army Interrogator
Alec McCowen
as Duty Officer, Hucknall
Richard Marner
as German Prisoner
Frederick Jaeger
as German Prisoner
Glyn Houston
as Harry 'Hurricane'
Michael Goodliffe
as R.A.F. Interrogator
Terence Alexander
as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
Julian Somers
as Booking Clerk
Norman Rossington
as Sergeant - Swanick
Frank Williams
as Station Porter
Stratford Johns
as Second Detective
Hardy Krüger
as Franz von Werra
Jack Gwillim
as Commandant, Grizedale
John Van Eyssen
as German Prisoner
Bernard Horsfall
as Lieutenant - Kent
Michael Ripper
as The Corporal who Frisks Franz
Robert Crewdson
as German Prisoner
Andrew Faulds
as Lieutenant, Grizedale
Paul Hansard
as German Prisoner
