The One That Got Away

6.8

111 minutes

11/22/1957

Overview

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 List

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)