Desperate Moment

6.5 1953 88 min
Thriller

Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)

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Director
Compton Bennett
Writers
George H. Brown, Patrick Kirwan

Cast

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Dirk Bogarde Simon Van Halder
Mai Zetterling Anna DeBurg
Philip Friend Capt. Bob Sawyer
Albert Lieven Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz Wendhausen Warder Goeter
Carl Jaffe Cellblock Guard Becker
Gerard Heinz German Prison Doctor
Andre Mikhelson Polizei Inspector
Harold Ayer Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
Walter Gotell Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Friedrich Joloff Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
Simone Silva Mink, Valentin's girl
Theodore Bikel Anton
Ferdy Mayne Berlin detective
Walter Rilla Colonel Bertrand
Paul Hardtmuth Ship's Watchman
Vernon Morris German boy

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