Cast & Crew

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker
(as Roy Baker)

Writing Credits

Howard Clewes
(screenplay)
Kendal Burt
(book) &
James Leasor
(book)

Cast

Hardy Krüger
Franz von Werra
Colin Gordon
Army Interrogator
Michael Goodliffe
R.A.F. Interrogator
Terence Alexander
R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
Jack Gwillim
Commandant, Grizedale
Andrew Faulds
Lieutenant Singleton, Grizedale
Julian Somers
Booking Clerk
Alec McCowen
Duty Officer, Hucknall
Harry Lockart
German Prisoner (Karl)
Robert Crewdson
German Prisoner
George Mikell
German Prisoner
George Roubicek
German Prisoner
John Van Eyssen
German Prisoner
Frederick Jaeger
German Prisoner (Wagner)
Richard Marner
German Prisoner (Manhard)
Paul Hansard
German Prisoner
John Adams
Soldier
Gerald Andersen
Adjutant - Swanwick
Anthony Bate
Prisoner Escort - Sergeant
Arthur Bentley
Cook - Swanwick
Ernest Blyth
Soldier on Canadian Train
Eddie Boyce
Prisoner Escort
Victor Brooks
Police Sergeant
Adrian Cairns
Bit Part
Jack Carter
Soldier
Edward Cast
Driver - Hucknall
Tony Castleton
Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Robert Cawdron
Officer on Horseback
Cyril Chamberlain
Sergeant 'Later'
Peggy Ann Clifford
Train Conductor
Jan Conrad
German Orderly in Canada
Reed De Rouen
Canadian Truck Driver
Alistair Dick
Soldier in Records Department
Robert Dorning
Corporal Wilson
Anthony Faramus
Prisoner of War
Ernest Fennemore
Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Lee Fenton
Soldier
Norman Fisher
Canadian Guard
Michael Golden
First Detective
Gordon Harris
Prisoner Escort - Corporal
Celia Hewitt
Farm Girl 2
George Hilsdon
Prisoner Escort
George Hirste
Jim
Lindsay Hooper
Soldier
Bernard Horsfall
Lieutenant - Kent
Glyn Houston
Harry 'Hurricane'
Arthur Howell
Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Stratford Johns
Second Detective
Howard Lang
Sergeant - Welsh Guards
Arthur Lovegrove
Prisoner Escort at Swanwick - Sergeant
Don McMurray
German prisoner
Charles Morgan
Manager at Hucknall
Al Mulock
US Patrolman at Ogdensburg
Etain O'Dell
Farm Girl 1
Frank Phillips
BBC Newsreader
Robert Raglan
Bystander
Fred Real
Prisoner of War
Michael Ripper
The Corporal Who Frisks Franz
Norman Rossington
Sergeant - Swanwick
Anthony Sagar
Cook - Kent
Terry Sartain
Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Richard Shaw
Canadian Sergeant on Train
Jack Silk
Corporal
Jeff Silk
Prisoner Escort
Fred Stroud
Prisoner of War
Nicholas Stuart
Canadian Sergeant on Train
Jack Taylor
First Gunner - Kent
Reg Thomason
German Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Graham Tonbridge
Soldier
Jim Tyson
Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Robert Vossler
Prisoner of War
Don Webb
Prisoner of War - Swanwick
Ron Whitwell
Prisoner Escort
Ben Williams
Policeman at Hucknall
Frank Williams
Station Porter

Produced by

David Deutsch
associate producer
Earl St. John
executive producer
Julian Wintle
producer

Music by

Hubert Clifford

Cinematography by

Eric Cross
director of photography

Editing by

Sidney Hayers

Art Direction by

Edward Carrick

Costume Design by

Anthony Mendleson

Makeup Department

George Claff
makeup artist

Production Management

Hugh Attwooll
production manager (as H.R.R. Attwooll)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Peter Manley
assistant director
Denny Lewis
third assistant director (uncredited)
Harold Orton
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Len Townsend
set dresser (as Leonard Townsend)
Charles Bishop
chief draughtsman (uncredited)
Robert Cartwright
draughtsman (uncredited)
Peter Lamont
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Roy Fry
sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum
sound recordist
Arthur Ridout
sound editor
C.C. Stevens
sound recordist
Brian Chaston
assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Peter Gray
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Ted Karnon
dubbing crew (uncredited)
Gus Lloyd
boom operator (uncredited)
Mike Round
assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Maurice Smith
boom assistant (uncredited)
J. Woodiwiss
dubbing crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Cliff Culley
special processes (uncredited)
Frank George
special processes (uncredited)
Bert Marshall
special processes (uncredited)
John Stears
special processes (uncredited)
Bill Warrington
special processes (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Ray Sturgess
camera operator
John Morgan
focus puller (uncredited)
Anthony Powell
clapper loader (uncredited)
George Courtney Ward
still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Tristam Cones
assistant editor (uncredited)
Cyril Simon
second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Ted Drake
music recordist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Penny Daniels
continuity

Additional Crew

Arthur Alcott
production controller: Pinewood Studios
Frederick Buckman
Cutting room
Teresa Bolland
production secretary (uncredited)
Gerry Lewis
unit publicity (uncredited)
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