Desperate Moment

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Compton Bennett

Writing Credits

Martha Albrand
(novel)
George H. Brown
(screenplay)
Patrick Kirwan
(screenplay)

Cast

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
André 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
Ferdy Mayne
Detective Laurence
Walter Rilla
Col. Bertrand, Dutch consulate
Antonio Gallardo
Spanish Dancer
Paul Hardtmuth
Wharf Watchman
Theodore Bikel
Anton Meyer
John Adams
German Policeman
Guy Deghy
German Policeman
Richard Marner
Prison Guard
Frederick Schiller
Prison Guard at gate
Theodore Wilhelm
Detective

Produced by

George H. Brown
producer
Earl St. John
executive producer

Music by

Ronald Binge

Cinematography by

C.M. Pennington-Richards
director of photography (as C. Pennington-Richards)

Editing by

John D. Guthridge

Art Direction by

Maurice Carter

Costume Design by

Julie Harris

Makeup Department

George Blackler
makeup artist
Biddy Chrystal
hair stylist

Production Management

F. Sherwin Green
production manager (as Frank Sherwin Green)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Robert Lynn
assistant director (as Robert B. Lynn)
Stanley Hosgood
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Peter Lamont
draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Maxsted
draughtsman (uncredited)
Arthur Taksen
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

John Dennis
sound
C. Le Mesurier
sound camera operator
Gordon K. McCallum
sound
Winston Ryder
dubbing editor
Noreen Ackland
assistant dubbing editor (uncredited)
Bill Daniels
dubbing crew (uncredited)
Robert T. MacPhee
boom operator (uncredited)
Gordon K. McCallum
sound mixer (uncredited)
Austin Partridge
sound maintenance (uncredited)
Ken Rawkins
sound camera operator: locations (uncredited)
Kevin Sutton
boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

James Bawden
camera operator
John Alcott
clapper loader (uncredited)
Jack Atcheler
focus puller (uncredited)
Norman Gryspeerdt
still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Peter Flack
second assistant editor (uncredited)
Roy Fry
first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Philip Martell
musical director
The Philharmonia Orchestra
music played by
Ronald Hanmer
composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Barbara Cole
continuity

Additional Crew

Arthur Alcott
production controller: Pinewood Studios
Marguerite Green
production secretary (uncredited)
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