Desperate Moment (1953)
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)
- Released
- 1953-03-17
- Genres
- Thriller
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Compton Bennett
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Simon Van Halder
- Mai Zetterling as Anna DeBurg
- Philip Friend as Capt. Bob Sawyer
- Albert Lieven as Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
- Fritz Wendhausen as Warder Goeter
- Carl Jaffe as Cellblock Guard Becker
- Gerard Heinz as German Prison Doctor
- Andre Mikhelson as Polizei Inspector
- Harold Ayer as Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
- Walter Gotell as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
- Friedrich Joloff as Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
- Simone Silva as Mink, Valentin's girl