

111 minutes
11/22/1957
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.

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
Reed De Rouen
as Canadian Truck Driver
Jack Carter
as Soldier (uncredited)

Howard Lang
as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)