Crime ·Drama · United Kingdom · 1930 · 1h 10m

Escape!

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Director
Basil Dean
Cast
Gerald du Maurier as Captain Matt Denant Mabel Poulton as The Girl in Hyde Park Ian Hunter as William Brown, the Plainclothesman Gordon Harker as Convict 272 Edna Best as The Gentlewoman In Bed Horace Hodges as The Gentleman at Stream-side
Crew
Jack MacKenzie — Director of Photography Jack Kitchin — Editor Ernest Irving — Original Music Composer John Galsworthy — Story Basil Dean — Producer
Synopsis

When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Basil Dean Director Jack MacKenzie Director of Photography Jack Kitchin Editor Ernest Irving Original Music Composer John Galsworthy Story Basil Dean Producer
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