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Desperate Moment (1953) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Compton Bennett

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Martha Albrand ... (novel)
George H. Brown ... (screenplay)
Patrick Kirwan ... (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Dirk Bogarde ... Simon Van Halder
Mai Zetterling ... Anna DeBurg
Philip Friend ... Capt. Bob Sawyer
Albert Lieven ... Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen ... Warder Goeter (as Frederick Wendhausen)
Carl Jaffe ... Cellblock Guard Becker
Gerard Heinz ... German Prison Doctor
André Mikhelson André Mikhelson ... Polizei Inspector
Harold Ayer ... Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
Walter Gotell ... Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Friedrich Joloff Friedrich Joloff ... Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
Simone Silva ... Mink, Valentin's girl
Ferdy Mayne ... Detective Laurence
Walter Rilla ... Col. Bertrand, Dutch consulate
Antonio Gallardo Antonio Gallardo ... Spanish Dancer
Paul Hardtmuth ... Wharf Watchman
Theodore Bikel ... Anton Meyer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Adams John Adams ... German Policeman (uncredited)
Guy Deghy ... German Policeman (uncredited)
Richard Marner ... Prison Guard (uncredited)
Frederick Schiller Frederick Schiller ... Prison Guard at gate (uncredited)
Theodore Wilhelm Theodore Wilhelm ... Detective (uncredited)

Produced by 

George H. Brown ... producer
Earl St. John ... executive producer

Music by 

Ronald Binge

Cinematography by 

C.M. Pennington-Richards ... director of photography (as C. Pennington-Richards)

Editing by 

John D. Guthridge

Art Direction by 

Maurice Carter

Costume Design by 

Julie Harris

Makeup Department 

George Blackler ... makeup artist
Biddy Chrystal ... hair stylist

Production Management 

F. Sherwin Green ... production manager (as Frank Sherwin Green)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Robert Lynn ... assistant director (as Robert B. Lynn)
Stanley Hosgood ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Peter Lamont ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Maxsted ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Arthur Taksen ... assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department 

John Dennis ... sound
C. Le Mesurier ... sound camera operator
Gordon K. McCallum ... sound
Winston Ryder ... dubbing editor
Noreen Ackland ... assistant dubbing editor (uncredited)
Bill Daniels ... dubbing crew (uncredited)
Robert T. MacPhee ... boom operator (uncredited)
Gordon K. McCallum ... sound mixer (uncredited)
Austin Partridge ... sound maintenance (uncredited)
Ken Rawkins ... sound camera operator: locations (uncredited)
Kevin Sutton ... boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

James Bawden ... camera operator
John Alcott ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Jack Atcheler ... focus puller (uncredited)
Norman Gryspeerdt ... still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Peter Flack ... second assistant editor (uncredited)
Roy Fry ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department 

Philip Martell ... musical director
The Philharmonia Orchestra ... music played by
Ronald Hanmer ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Barbara Cole ... continuity

Additional Crew 

Arthur Alcott ... production controller: Pinewood Studios
Marguerite Green ... production secretary (uncredited)

See also

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