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Desperate Moment

6.519531h 28mMovieThriller

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)

DirectorCompton Bennett
WritersPatrick Kirwan·George H. Brown
ProducerGeorge H. Brown

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Cast · Directed by Compton Bennett

DBDirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Simon Van Halder
MZMai Zetterling
Mai Zetterling
Anna DeBurg
PFPhilip Friend
Philip Friend
Capt. Bob Sawyer
ALAlbert Lieven
Albert Lieven
Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
FWFritz Wendhausen
Fritz Wendhausen
Warder Goeter
CJCarl Jaffe
Carl Jaffe
Cellblock Guard Becker
GHGerard Heinz
Gerard Heinz
German Prison Doctor
AM
Andre Mikhelson
Polizei Inspector
HA
Harold Ayer
Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
WGWalter Gotell
Walter Gotell
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
FJFriedrich Joloff
Friedrich Joloff
Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
SSSimone Silva
Simone Silva
Mink, Valentin's girl

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