The One That Got Away poster

Cast

Hardy Krüger profile

Hardy Krüger

Franz von Werra

Colin Gordon profile

Colin Gordon

Army Interrogator

Michael Goodliffe profile

Michael Goodliffe

R.A.F. Interrogator

Terence Alexander profile

Terence Alexander

R.A.F. Intelligence Officer

Jack Gwillim profile

Jack Gwillim

Commandant, Grizedale

Andrew Faulds profile

Andrew Faulds

Lieutenant, Grizedale

Julian Somers profile

Julian Somers

Booking Clerk

Alec McCowen profile

Alec McCowen

Duty Officer, Hucknall

Harry Lockart profile

Harry Lockart

German Prisoner

Robert Crewdson profile

Robert Crewdson

German Prisoner

George Mikell profile

George Mikell

German Prisoner

George Roubicek profile

George Roubicek

German Prisoner

John Van Eyssen profile

John Van Eyssen

German Prisoner

Richard Marner profile

Richard Marner

German Prisoner

Frederick Jaeger profile

Frederick Jaeger

German Prisoner

Paul Hansard profile

Paul Hansard

German Prisoner

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Peggy Ann Clifford

Train Conductor

Robert Cawdron profile

Robert Cawdron

Officer on Horseback

Bernard Horsfall profile

Bernard Horsfall

Lieutenant - Kent

Glyn Houston profile

Glyn Houston

Harry 'Hurricane'

Stratford Johns profile

Stratford Johns

Second Detective

Robert Raglan profile

Robert Raglan

Bystander

Michael Ripper profile

Michael Ripper

The Corporal who Frisks Franz

Norman Rossington profile

Norman Rossington

Sergeant - Swanick

Reg Thomason profile

Reg Thomason

German Prisoner of War

Frank Williams profile

Frank Williams

Station Porter

Reed De Rouen profile

Reed De Rouen

Canadian Truck Driver

Jack Carter profile

Jack Carter

Soldier (uncredited)

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB

Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf 7

April 4, 2022

Hardy Kruger is really good in this wartime adventure film. His portrayal of the real life Franz von Werra, the only German PoW to escape internment from the UK during WWII gives us some idea of the sheer determination of a man who tried, repeatedly, to gain his freedom before embarking on a tour of just about every nation on Earth to get back to Germany. He starts by making his captors a promise that he will escape in six months, and they just put that down to his Nazi superiority complex. S...