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MOVIE

Desperate Moment

 1953
 88 minutes (1 hrs 28 mins)
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Directed by

Compton Bennett

Starring

Dirk Bogarde · Mai Zetterling · Philip Friend · Albert Lieven · Fritz Wendhausen · Carl Jaffe

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Release dates

US release date US release: 1st August 1953
Sweden release date Sweden release: 18th May 1953
United States release date United States release: 1st August 1953

Certificates


K-16

Tous publics

16

15

Total grosses

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Directed By

Director
Role
Compton Bennett
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
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
Walter Gotell
Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Friedrich Joloff
Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
Simone Silva
Mink, Valentin's girl
Ferdy Mayne
Detective Laurence
Walter Rilla
Col. Bertrand, Dutch consulate
Antonio Gallardo
Spanish Dancer
Paul Hardtmuth
Wharf Watchman
Theodore Bikel
Anton Meyer
John Adams
German Policeman
Guy Deghy
German Policeman
Richard Marner
Prison Guard
Frederick Schiller
Prison Guard at gate
Theodore Wilhelm
Detective