The One That Got Away (1996 film)

The One That Got Away is a 1996 ITV television film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Paul McGann. It is based on the book of the same name by Chris Ryan telling the true story of a Special Air Service patrol during the Gulf War in 1991.

The One That Got Away
DVD cover art
Directed byPaul Greengrass
Produced byJeff Pope
Written byScreenplay:
Paul Greengrass
Novel:
Chris Ryan
StarringPaul McGann
Nick Brimble
Simon Burke
Music byBarrington Pheloung
CinematographyIvan Strasburg
Edited byClive Maltby
Production
company
Distributed byFirefly Entertainment
ITV
Release date
  • 18 February 1996 (1996-02-18)
Running time
111 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Special Air Service patrol Bravo Two Zero is inserted into Iraq by helicopter to locate and destroy Iraqi Scud missile launchers. En route they find an unexpected group of Bedouin tribesmen and hide until they are noticed by a shepherd and exchange fire with armed fighters. They escape and return to the initial landing point but there is no helicopter waiting for them. While attempting to make contact, the patrol accidentally splits into a group of five soldiers heading to the road to hijack a vehicle and a group of three soldiers heading through the desert. Several days of travel later, seven of the soldiers have either died of hypothermia, been killed or been captured. Corporal Ryan journeys 180 miles to the Syrian border to escape.

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