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The One That Got Away

Name: The One That Got Away
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1957-11-22
Cast: Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe, Terence Alexander, Jack Gwillim

WarDrama

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.

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Cast

Hardy KrügerColin GordonMichael GoodliffeTerence AlexanderJack GwillimAndrew FauldsJulian SomersAlec McCowenHarry LockartRobert CrewdsonGeorge MikellGeorge Roubicek

Director

Roy Ward Baker

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