Desperate Moment
"TERROR races through the streets of BERLIN!"
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)
"TERROR races through the streets of BERLIN!"
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)
Dirk Bogarde
Simon Van Halder
Mai Zetterling
Anna DeBurg
Philip Friend
Capt. Bob Sawyer
Albert Lieven
Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz Wendhausen
Warder Goeter
Carl Jaffe
Cellblock Guard Becker
Gerard Heinz
German Prison Doctor
Andre Mikhelson
Polizei Inspector
Harold Ayer
Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
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)
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