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Desperate Moment (1953)

TERROR races through the streets of BERLIN!

Genre : Thriller

Runtime : 1H 28M

Director : Compton Bennett

Synopsis

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)

Actors

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

Crews

Compton Bennett
Compton Bennett
Director
George H. Brown
George H. Brown
Writer
Patrick Kirwan
Patrick Kirwan
Writer
George H. Brown
George H. Brown
Producer
John D. Guthridge
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Maurice Carter
Maurice Carter
Art Direction
Martha Albrand
Martha Albrand
Novel
C.M. Pennington-Richards
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Director of Photography

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