
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.
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Writer: Howard Clewes
The Cast

Hardy Krüger
Franz von Werra

Colin Gordon
Army Interrogator

Michael Goodliffe
R.A.F. Interrogator

Terence Alexander
R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

Jack Gwillim
Commandant, Grizedale

Andrew Faulds
Lieutenant, Grizedale

Julian Somers
Booking Clerk

Alec McCowen
Duty Officer, Hucknall

Harry Lockart
German Prisoner

Robert Crewdson
German Prisoner

George Mikell
German Prisoner

George Roubicek
German Prisoner

John Van Eyssen
German Prisoner

Richard Marner
German Prisoner

Frederick Jaeger
German Prisoner

Paul Hansard
German Prisoner

Peggy Ann Clifford
Train Conductor

Robert Cawdron
Officer on Horseback

Bernard Horsfall
Lieutenant - Kent

Glyn Houston
Harry 'Hurricane'

Stratford Johns
Second Detective

Robert Raglan
Bystander

Michael Ripper
The Corporal who Frisks Franz

Norman Rossington
Sergeant - Swanick

Reg Thomason
German Prisoner of War

Frank Williams
Station Porter

Reed De Rouen
Canadian Truck Driver

Jack Carter
Soldier (uncredited)

Howard Lang
Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
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