Escape

Mar 1, 1948

1h 18m

★ 5.7

Overview

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Escape Trailers

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Cast

Matt Denant

Rex Harrison

Dora Winton

Peggy Cummins

Inspector Harris

William Hartnell

Minister

Norman Wooland

Grace Winton

Jill Esmond

Brownie

Frederick Piper

Mrs. Pinkem

Marjorie Rhodes

Girl in Park

Betty Ann Davies

Rodgers

Cyril Cusack

Salesman

John Slater

Constable Beames

Frank Pettingell

Detective Penter

Michael Golden

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion (wrongfully) falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons). Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together. After a cross-country chase they arrive at a coastal city with the intention of leaving the country by ship. All's well that ends well after the true identity of the murderer is revealed.

6.0

Blackout

Mar 19, 1954

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.

5.6

Stolen Face

May 1, 1952

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.

6.0

Blind Date

Aug 1, 1959

Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline. Morgan listens sceptically to the dazed denials of Van Rooyer as he tells the story of his relationship with the murdered woman. Morgan, after hearing the story, realizes that the mystery has deepened, and it becomes more complicated when the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Brian Lewis, explains that Jacqueline was not married but was being kept by Sir Howard Fenton, a high-ranking diplomat whose names must be kept out of the case.

6.6

Never Let Go

Jun 2, 1960

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.

6.4

Cast a Dark Shadow

Sep 20, 1955

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

7.0

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Jan 16, 1958

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

7.3

Odd Man Out

Jan 30, 1947

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

6.5

The Good Die Young

Mar 2, 1954

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

5.6

Kill Her Gently

Dec 1, 1957

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

7.0

Footsteps in the Fog

Sep 14, 1955

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

6.8

Hell Drivers

Jul 23, 1957

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

6.7

Nowhere to Go

Dec 2, 1958

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

5.7

The Last Page

Jan 25, 1952

A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.

5.2

The Gambler and the Lady

Dec 26, 1952

A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.

6.0

Daybreak

May 18, 1948

A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.