---
title: 'The One That Got Away (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Ward Baker'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-one-that-got-away-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050803/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The One That Got Away (1957)

1957 · 106 min · War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The One That Got Away is a 1957 British biographical war film starring Hardy Krüger and featuring Michael Goodliffe, Jack Gwillim and Alec McCowen. The film was directed by Roy Ward Baker with a screenplay written by Howard Clewes, based on the 1956 book of the same name by Kendal Burt and James Leasor.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Ward Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-ward-baker)
- **Screenplay:** [Howard Clewes](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-clewes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hubert Clifford](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-clifford)
- **Producer:** [Julian Wintle](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-wintle)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eric Cross](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-cross)
- **Editor:** [Sidney Hayers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hayers)

## Cast

- [Terence Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-alexander)
- [Colin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-gordon)
- [Alec McCowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-mccowen)
- [Michael Goodliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-goodliffe)
- [Richard Marner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-marner)
- [Stratford Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/stratford-johns)
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger)
- [Jack Gwillim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gwillim)
- [George Mikell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-mikell)

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