Summary
The One That Got Away is a British war film first released in 1957,
directed by Roy Ward Baker.
The film stars Hardy Krüger, Michael Goodliffe, Colin Gordon and Alec McCowen.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Roy Ward Baker
- Script: Kendal Burt, Howard Clewes, James Leasor
- Photo: Eric Cross
- Music: Hubert Clifford
- Cast: Hardy Krüger (Franz von Werra), Michael Goodliffe (RAF Interrogator), Colin Gordon (Army Interrogator), Alec McCowen (Duty Officer, Hucknall), Terence Alexander (RAF Intelligence Officer), Jack Gwillim (Commandant, Grizedale), Andrew Faulds (Lieutenant, Grizedale), Julian Somers (Booking Clerk), Harry Lockart (German Prisoner), Robert Crewdson (German Prisoner), George Mikell (German Prisoner), George Roubicek (German Prisoner), John Van Eyssen (German Prisoner), Frederick Jaeger (German Prisoner), Richard Marner (German Prisoner), Paul Hansard (German Prisoner), Gerald Anderson (Adjutant – Swanick), Arthur Bentley (Cook – Swanick), Victor Brooks (Police Sergeant), Edward Cast (Driver – Hucknall), Robert Cawdron (Officer on Horseback), Cyril Chamberlain (Sgt, in Holding Cell), Peggy Ann Clifford (Train Conductor), Jan Conrad (Orderly), Reed De Rouen (Canadian Truck Driver), Robert Dorning (Corporal Wilson), Michael Golden (First Detective), Celia Hewitt (Farm Girl 2), George Hirste (Jim – old porter), Bernard Horsfall (Lieutenant – Kent), Glyn Houston (Harry ’Hurricane’), Stratford Johns (Second Detective), Charles Morgan (Manager – Hucknall), Etain O’Dell (Farm Girl 1), Robert Raglan (Bystander), Michael Ripper (The Corporal who frisks Franz), Norman Rossington (Sergeant – Swanick), Anthony Sagar (Cook – Kent), Jack Taylor (First Gunner – Kent), Frank Williams (Station Porter)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 106 min; B&W
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Drama / War






