The One That Got Away (1957)

War
Drama

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.

Cast

Franz von Werra
Hardy Krüger
Army Interrogator
Colin Gordon
German Prisoner
G George Mikell
German Prisoner
G George Roubicek
German Prisoner
John Van Eyssen
German Prisoner
Richard Marner
German Prisoner
Frederick Jaeger
German Prisoner
Paul Hansard
Train Conductor
P Peggy Ann Clifford
Officer on Horseback
R Robert Cawdron
Lieutenant - Kent
Bernard Horsfall
Harry 'Hurricane'
Glyn Houston
R.A.F. Interrogator
Michael Goodliffe
Second Detective
Stratford Johns
Bystander
Robert Raglan
The Corporal who Frisks Franz
Michael Ripper
Sergeant - Swanick
Norman Rossington
German Prisoner of War
R Reg Thomason
Station Porter
Frank Williams
Canadian Truck Driver
R Reed De Rouen
Soldier (uncredited)
J Jack Carter
R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
Terence Alexander
Commandant, Grizedale
Jack Gwillim
Lieutenant, Grizedale
Andrew Faulds
Booking Clerk
Julian Somers
Duty Officer, Hucknall
Alec McCowen
German Prisoner
H Harry Lockart
German Prisoner
Robert Crewdson

Crew

Director
Roy Ward Baker
Writer
H Howard Clewes
Novel
K Kendal Burt
Novel
J James Leasor
Producer
J Julian Wintle
Music
H Hubert Clifford
Director of Photography
E Eric Cross
Editor
Sidney Hayers
Art Direction
E Edward Carrick
Costume Design
A Anthony Mendleson
Camera Operator
R Ray Sturgess
Sound Editor
R Roy Fry
Sound Editor
A Arthur Ridout
Makeup Artist
G George Claff
Sound Recordist
G Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
C C. C. Stevens