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

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.

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