Desperate Moment
Desperate Moment | |
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British quad poster | |
Directed by | Compton Bennett |
Produced by | George H. Brown |
Written by |
George H. Brown Patrick Kirwan |
Based on | a novel by Martha Albrand |
Starring |
Dirk Bogarde Mai Zetterling Philip Friend |
Music by | Ronald Binge |
Cinematography | C.M. Pennington-Richards |
Edited by | John D. Guthridge |
Production company |
George H. Brown Productions (as Fanfare) |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors (Uk) |
Release date | 17 March 1953 (London) (UK) |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Desperate Moment is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Philip Friend.[1]
It was made at Pinewood Studios and on location in Germany including scenes shot at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Carter.
Plot
A Dutchman wrongly accused of a crime goes on the run through Germany in search of the only witness who can clear him.
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Simon Van Halder
- Mai Zetterling as Anna DeBurg
- Philip Friend as Captain Bob Sawyer
- Albert Lieven as Paul Ravitch
- Fritz Wendhausen as Warder Goeter
- Carl Jaffe as Becker
- Gerard Heinz as German Prison Doctor
- André Mikhelson as Polizei Inspector
- Harold Ayer as Captain Trevor Wood
- Walter Gotell as Ravitch's Servant-Henchman
- Friedrich Joloff as Valentin Vladek
- Simone Silva as Mink, Valentin's girl
- Ferdy Mayne as Detective Laurence
- Walter Rilla as Colonel Bertrand, Dutch consulate
- Antonio Gallardo as Spanish Dancer
- Paul Hardtmuth as Wharf Watchman
- Theodore Bikel as Anton Meyer
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "the sum and substance of this production...is a great deal of panting exercise within and all over two cities, offering little about which to care"[2] whereas TV Guide found it "quite suspenseful, with Bogarde turning in an exceptionally fine performance." [3]
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