---
title: 'Desperate Moment (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Compton Bennett'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/desperate-moment-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045681/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Desperate Moment (1953)

1953 · 88 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Desperate Moment is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Philip Friend. It was written by George H. Brown and Patrick Kirwan based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Martha Albrand.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Compton Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/compton-bennett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ronald Binge](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-binge)
- **Director of Photography:** [C. M. Pennington-Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-m-pennington-richards)

## Cast

- [Fritz Wendhausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-wendhausen)
- [Albert Lieven](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-lieven)
- [Mai Zetterling](https://cinepixo.com/people/mai-zetterling)
- [Dirk Bogarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-bogarde)
- [Theodore Bikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-bikel)
- [Walter Rilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-rilla)
- [Walter Gotell](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gotell)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/desperate-moment-1953
Film facts: Wikidata (Q12113912); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.