The One That Got Away (1957)
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59% of users liked it
(1,327 ratings)
The title character in this fact-based POW drama is Franz von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger. Shot down early in the war, Luftwaffe pilot von Werra is incarcerated in an English prison camp. He refuses to submit to camp routine, insisting that he's on the brink of escaping. After two failed… More The title character in this fact-based POW drama is Franz von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger. Shot down early in the war, Luftwaffe pilot von Werra is incarcerated in an English prison camp. He refuses to submit to camp routine, insisting that he's on the brink of escaping. After two failed attempts, von Werra is transferred to a camp in Montreal. If you want to know what happens next, take a squint at the title. If you want to know how he does it and why he gets away with it, catch the film. One That Got Away was based on a novel by Kendal Burt and James Leasor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sam Lawlor, Lindsay Pollock
- Written By
- Howard Clewes, Kendal Burt
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
R,
- On DVD
- May 13, 2008
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The Brits seem to be in a generous mood acknowledging the dashing heroic feats of their black leather jacket wearing fair-haired pilot prisoner.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...a top-notch suspense thriller, with fine acting from everyone involved but especially from Hardy Kruger, who holds it all together splendidly.
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Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The German POW character played by Hardy Kruger is not terribly different from Steve McQueen's star-making role in The Great Escape - the dedicated escape artist who singlemindedly focuses on getting out of enemy clutches.
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Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Stays on its toes the whole time.
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Cast
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Hardy Kruger
as Franz von Werra
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Colin Gordon
as Army Interrogator
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Michael Goodliffe
as RAF Interrogator
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Terry Alexander
as RAF Intelligence Officer
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Jack Gwillim
as Commandant Grizedale
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Andrew Faulds
as Lt. Grizedale
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Julian Somers
as Booking Clerk
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Alec McCowen
as Duty Officer Hucknall
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Harry Lockhart
as German Prisoner
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Robert Crewdson
as German Prisoner
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George Mikell
as German Prisoner
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George Roubicek
as German Prisoner
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John Van Eyssen
as German Prisoner
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Frederick Jaeger
as German Prisoner
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Richard Marner
as German Prisoner
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Paul Hansard
as German Prisoner
- Alec Gordon
- Glyn Houston
- Stratford Johns
- Terence Alexander
