Hardy Krüger

Colin Gordon

Michael Goodliffe

Terence Alexander

Jack Gwillim

Andrew Faulds

Julian Somers

Alec McCowen

Harry Lockart

Robert Crewdson

George Mikell

George Roubicek

John Van Eyssen

Richard Marner

Frederick Jaeger

Paul Hansard

Peggy Ann Clifford

Robert Cawdron

Bernard Horsfall

Glyn Houston

Stratford Johns

Robert Raglan

Michael Ripper

Norman Rossington

Reg Thomason

Frank Williams

Reed De Rouen

Jack Carter

Roy Ward Baker

Ray Sturgess

Hubert Clifford

Julian Wintle

Howard Clewes

Eric Cross

James Leasor

Roy Fry

George Claff

Anthony Mendleson

Kendal Burt

Sidney Hayers

Edward Carrick

Arthur Ridout

Gordon K. McCallum

C. C. Stevens

Drama

The One That Got Away

Julian Wintle Productions

The Rank Organisation

United Kingdom

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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. Soon, though, they realise he is a clever and ingenious fellow who lacks nothing by way of cunning - despite the difficulties he faces. It's maybe a little bit long, but for the most part Kruger holds it together really effectively. Despite not being on our side, so to speak, as the film gathers momentum it is difficult not to respect the man and his achievements, particularly as it is not just his enemies that are after him, but the weather and terrain are also conspiring effectively against him too. The supporting cast - Michael Goodliffe and Colin Gordon especially - work well; the photography (Sweden not Canada) looks good; the dialogue is frequently quite pithy and by the end, well I rather liked the fellow!

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