Desperate Moment

Desperate Moment

88 mins | Thriller | March 17, 1953

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)

Desperate Moment

88 mins | Thriller | March 17, 1953

Desperate Moment
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)
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Desperate Moment
Directors Compton Bennett
Writers Martha Albrand, Patrick Kirwan, George H. Brown

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

Andre Mikhelson

as Polizei Inspector

Harold Ayer

as Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army

Walter Gotell

as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman

Friedrich Joloff

as Valentin Vladek, alias Winter

Simone Silva

as Mink, Valentin's girl