The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

111 mins | Drama, War, History | Nov. 22, 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.

The One That Got Away

111 mins | Drama, War, History | Nov. 22, 1957

The One That Got Away
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers The Rank Organisation, Julian Wintle Productions
Original title The One That Got Away
Directors Roy Ward Baker
Writers Kendal Burt, Howard Clewes, James Leasor

Cast

Hardy Krüger

as Franz von Werra

Colin Gordon

as Army Interrogator

Michael Goodliffe

as R.A.F. Interrogator

Terence Alexander

as R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

Jack Gwillim

as Commandant, Grizedale

Andrew Faulds

as Lieutenant, Grizedale

Julian Somers

as Booking Clerk

Alec McCowen

as Duty Officer, Hucknall

Harry Lockart

as German Prisoner

Robert Crewdson

as German Prisoner

George Mikell

as German Prisoner

George Roubicek

as German Prisoner

John Van Eyssen

as German Prisoner

Richard Marner

as German Prisoner

Frederick Jaeger

as German Prisoner

Paul Hansard

as German Prisoner

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Train Conductor

Robert Cawdron

as Officer on Horseback

Bernard Horsfall

as Lieutenant - Kent

Glyn Houston

as Harry 'Hurricane'

Stratford Johns

as Second Detective

Robert Raglan

as Bystander

Michael Ripper

as The Corporal who Frisks Franz

Norman Rossington

as Sergeant - Swanick

Reg Thomason

as German Prisoner of War

Frank Williams

as Station Porter