Desperate Moment

"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)"

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

as Simon Van Halder

Mai Zetterling

as Anna DeBurg

Philip Friend

as Capt. Bob Sawyer

Albert Lieven

as Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger

Fritz Wendhausen

as Warder Goeter

Carl Jaffe

as Cellblock Guard Becker

Gerard Heinz

as German Prison Doctor

Andre Mikhelson

as Polizei Inspector

Harold Ayer

as Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army

Walter Gotell

as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman

Friedrich Joloff

as Valentin Vladek, alias Winter

Simone Silva

as Mink, Valentin's girl

Theodore Bikel

as Anton

Ferdy Mayne

as Berlin detective

Walter Rilla

as Colonel Bertrand

Paul Hardtmuth

as Ship's Watchman

Vernon Morris

as German boy

Crew

John D. Guthridge

Editor

George H. Brown

Producer

George H. Brown

Writer

Patrick Kirwan

Writer

Compton Bennett

Director

Maurice Carter

Art Direction

C.M. Pennington-Richards

Director of Photography

Martha Albrand

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