The One That Got Away (1957)
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.
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Hardy Krüger as Franz von Werra |
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Colin Gordon as Army Interrogator |
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Michael Goodliffe as R.A.F. Interrogator |
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Terence Alexander as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer |
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Jack Gwillim as Commandant, Grizedale |
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Andrew Faulds as Lieutenant, Grizedale |
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Julian Somers as Booking Clerk |
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Alec McCowen as Duty Officer, Hucknall |
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Harry Lockart as German Prisoner |
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Robert Crewdson as German Prisoner |
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George Mikell as German Prisoner |
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George Roubicek as German Prisoner |
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John Van Eyssen as German Prisoner |
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Richard Marner as German Prisoner |
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Frederick Jaeger as German Prisoner |
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Paul Hansard as German Prisoner |
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Peggy Ann Clifford as Train Conductor |
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Robert Cawdron as Officer on Horseback |
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Bernard Horsfall as Lieutenant - Kent |
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Glyn Houston as Harry 'Hurricane' |
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Stratford Johns as Second Detective |
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Robert Raglan as Bystander |
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Michael Ripper as The Corporal who Frisks Franz |
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Norman Rossington as Sergeant - Swanick |
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Reg Thomason as German Prisoner of War |
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Frank Williams as Station Porter |
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Reed De Rouen as Canadian Truck Driver |
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Jack Carter as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Howard Lang as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roy Ward Baker | Director |
| Camera | Ray Sturgess | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Hubert Clifford | Music |
| Production | Julian Wintle | Producer |
| Writing | Howard Clewes | Writer |
| Camera | Eric Cross | Director of Photography |
| Writing | James Leasor | Novel |
| Sound | Roy Fry | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Claff | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Design |
| Writing | Kendal Burt | Novel |
| Editing | Sidney Hayers | Editor |
| Art | Edward Carrick | Art Direction |
| Sound | Arthur Ridout | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |