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Movie
Desperate Moment
Released: March 17, 1953 (1953)
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Thriller
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)
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Carl Jaffe as Cellblock Guard Becker
Age at release: 50
- Gerard Heinz as German Prison Doctor
Age at release: 49
- Albert Lieven as Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Age at release: 46
- Friedrich Joloff as Valentin Vladek, alias Winter
Age at release: 44
- Philip Friend as Capt. Bob Sawyer
Age at release: 38
- Harold Ayer as Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
Age at release: 36
- Dirk Bogarde as Simon Van Halder
Age at release: 31
- Walter Gotell as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
Age at release: 29
- Mai Zetterling as Anna DeBurg
Age at release: 27
- Andre Mikhelson as Polizei Inspector
Age at release: Unknown
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- Paul Hardtmuth as Ship's Watchman
Age at release: 64
- Walter Rilla as Colonel Bertrand
Age at release: 58
- Ferdy Mayne as Berlin detective
Age at release: 37
- Theodore Bikel as Anton
Age at release: 28
- Simone Silva as Mink, Valentin's girl
Age at release: 24
- Vernon Morris as German boy
Age at release: Unknown