Escape! (film)
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| Directed by | Basil Dean |
| Written by | John Galsworthy (play) Basil Dean |
| Produced by | Basil Dean |
| Starring | Gerald du Maurier Edna Best Gordon Harker Madeleine Carroll |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Edited by | Jack Kitchin |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £40,000 |
Escape is a 1930 British crime film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gerald du Maurier, Edna Best and Gordon Harker.[1] It was based on a 1926 play of the same title by John Galsworthy, which was adapted again as a film in 1948.[2]
Production
It was the first film released by Associated Talking Pictures, a British company with ties to the Hollywood studio RKO, which later relocated and became Ealing Studios. The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios which had been recently equipped for making sound films. The film's sets were designed by Clifford Pember.[3]
Plot
A man escapes from Dartmoor Prison and is hunted across the moors by policemen to whom it is an unpleasant reminder of their experiences during the First World War.[4]
Cast
- Gerald du Maurier as Captain Matt Denant
- Edna Best as Shingled Lady
- Gordon Harker as Convict
- Horace Hodges as Gentleman
- Madeleine Carroll as Dora
- Mabel Poulton as Girl of the Town
- Lewis Casson as Farmer
- Ian Hunter as Detective
- Austin Trevor as Parson
- Marie Ney as Grace
- Felix Aylmer as Governor
- Ben Field as Captain
- Fred Groves as Shopkeeper
- Nigel Bruce as Constable
- S.J. Warmington as Warder
- Phyllis Konstam as Wife[5]
- Ann Casson as Girl
- George Curzon as Constable
References
- ^ "Escape (1930) - Basil Dean - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
- ^ "Clifford Pember".
- ^ "Escape (1931)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Phyllis Konstam". Initiatives of Change UK. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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