The One That Got Away

111 mins
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.

Hardy Krüger

Franz von Werra

Colin Gordon

Army Interrogator

Michael Goodliffe

R.A.F. Interrogator

Terence Alexander

R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

Jack Gwillim

Commandant, Grizedale

Andrew Faulds

Lieutenant, Grizedale

Julian Somers

Booking Clerk

Alec McCowen

Duty Officer, Hucknall

Harry Lockart

German Prisoner

Robert Crewdson

German Prisoner

George Mikell

German Prisoner

George Roubicek

German Prisoner

John Van Eyssen

German Prisoner

Richard Marner

German Prisoner

Frederick Jaeger

German Prisoner

Paul Hansard

German Prisoner

Peggy Ann Clifford

Train Conductor

Robert Cawdron

Officer on Horseback

Bernard Horsfall

Lieutenant - Kent

Glyn Houston

Harry 'Hurricane'

Stratford Johns

Second Detective

Robert Raglan

Bystander

Michael Ripper

The Corporal who Frisks Franz

Norman Rossington

Sergeant - Swanick

Reg Thomason

German Prisoner of War

Frank Williams

Station Porter

Reed De Rouen

Canadian Truck Driver

Jack Carter

Soldier (uncredited)

Eric Cross

Director of Photography

Edward Carrick

Art Direction

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

Ray Sturgess

Camera Operator

Roy Fry

Sound Editor

Arthur Ridout

Sound Editor

George Claff

Makeup Artist

Gordon K. McCallum

Sound Recordist

C. C. Stevens

Sound Recordist

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