The One That Got Away

Duration: 111 min

Release date: 1957-11-22

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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.

War Drama

The One That Got Away

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as Franz von Werra

as Army Interrogator

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

as R.A.F. Interrogator

Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

as Commandant, Grizedale

as Lieutenant, Grizedale

as Booking Clerk

as Duty Officer, Hucknall

as German Prisoner

Robert Crewdson

Robert Crewdson

as German Prisoner

as German Prisoner

George Roubicek

George Roubicek

as German Prisoner

John Van Eyssen

John Van Eyssen

as German Prisoner

as German Prisoner

Frederick Jaeger

Frederick Jaeger

as German Prisoner

as German Prisoner

Peggy Ann Clifford

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Train Conductor

as Officer on Horseback

Bernard Horsfall

Bernard Horsfall

as Lieutenant - Kent

as Harry 'Hurricane'

Stratford Johns

Stratford Johns

as Second Detective

as The Corporal who Frisks Franz

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

as Sergeant - Swanick

as German Prisoner of War

as Station Porter

as Canadian Truck Driver

as Soldier (uncredited)

as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)

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Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Anthony Mendleson

Anthony Mendleson

Hubert Clifford

Hubert Clifford

Gordon K. McCallum

Gordon K. McCallum

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist

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