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
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)
Crew
Roy Ward Baker
Director
Howard Clewes
Writer
Kendal Burt
Novel
James Leasor
Novel
Sidney Hayers
Editor
Eric Cross
Director of Photography
Julian Wintle
Producer
Ray Sturgess
Camera Operator
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
George Claff
Makeup Artist
Roy Fry
Sound Editor
Arthur Ridout
Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Hubert Clifford
Music
Edward Carrick
Art Direction
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