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.
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Written by
Howard Clewes
Hardy Krüger
Franz von Werra
Michael Ripper
The Corporal who Frisks Franz
Richard Marner
German Prisoner
Colin Gordon
Army Interrogator
Michael Goodliffe
R.A.F. Interrogator
Stratford Johns
Second Detective
Terence Alexander
R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
Norman Rossington
Sergeant - Swanick
Bernard Horsfall
Lieutenant - Kent
Alec McCowen
Duty Officer, Hucknall
Jack Gwillim
Commandant, Grizedale
George Roubicek
German Prisoner
Glyn Houston
Harry 'Hurricane'
John Van Eyssen
German Prisoner
Frederick Jaeger
German Prisoner
Andrew Faulds
Lieutenant, Grizedale
Paul Hansard
German Prisoner
Julian Somers
Booking Clerk
Frank Williams
Station Porter
Robert Crewdson
German Prisoner
Harry Lockart
German Prisoner
George Mikell
German Prisoner
Peggy Ann Clifford
Train Conductor
Robert Cawdron
Officer on Horseback
Robert Raglan
Bystander
Reg Thomason
German Prisoner of War
Reed De Rouen
Canadian Truck Driver
Jack Carter
Soldier (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)

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