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
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
George Mikell
George Roubicek
John Van Eyssen
Richard Marner
Frederick Jaeger
Paul Hansard
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)
Roy Ward Baker
Director
Howard Clewes
Writer
Julian Wintle
Producer
May 1, 1959
Feb 7, 1958
Oct 26, 1966
Oct 3, 1958
Jul 21, 1948
Dec 13, 1967
Aug 31, 1964
Sep 14, 1960
Feb 7, 2020
Dec 7, 2023
Feb 2, 1983
Apr 24, 1942
Sep 10, 2021
Feb 22, 2020
Sep 19, 2023
Jan 24, 2014
Julian Wintle Productions
The Rank Organisation
GB
United Kingdom
English
Deutsch