Escape to Glory

May 20, 1940

1h 4m

★ 6.0

Forget All The Action Pictures You Ever Saw... And Brace Yourself For A New Kind Of Thrill!

Overview

The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Mike Farrough

Pat O'Brien

Christine Blaine

Constance Bennett

John Morgan

John Halliday

Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross

Alan Baxter

Dr. Adolph Behrens

Erwin Kalser

Charles Atterbee

Edgar Buchanan

Tommy Malone

Frank Sully

Mrs. Winslow

Marjorie Gateson

Professor Mudge

Francis Pierlot

Mrs. Mudge

Jessie Busley

Ship's Mate Penney

Melville Cooper

Captain James P. Hollister

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