The One That Got Away (1996 film)

The One That Got Away
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Directed by	Paul Greengrass
Written by	Screenplay: Paul Greengrass Novel: Chris Ryan
Produced by	Jeff Pope
Starring	Paul McGann Nick Brimble Simon Burke
Cinematography	Ivan Strasburg
Edited by	Clive Maltby
Music by	Barrington Pheloung
Production company	London Weekend Television
Distributed by	Firefly Entertainment ITV
Release date	18 February 1996 (1996-02-18)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	South Africa
Language	English

The One That Got Away is a 1996 ITV television film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Paul McGann. It is based on the 1995 book of the same name by Chris Ryan telling the true story of a Special Air Service patrol during the Gulf War in 1991.

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.

See also

• Bravo Two Zero (actual events)
• Bravo Two Zero (1993 novel)
• The One That Got Away (1995 novel)
• Bravo Two Zero (1999 film)
• Soldier Five (2004 novel)

External links

• The One That Got Away at IMDb