Escape

Name: Escape
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Released: 1948-01-01

1948 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Released: 1948
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Screenwriter: Philip Dunne
Producer: William Perlberg
Cast: Rex Harrison
, Peggy Cummins
, William Hartnell
, Norman Wooland
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Runtime: 78 min
Genre: film noir
Country of origin: United States
, United Kingdom

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Escape is a 1948 thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins and William Hartnell. The screenplay by Philip Dunne was based on the 1926 play Escape by John Galsworthy, which had previously been filmed in 1930. A Royal Air Force World War II veteran goes to prison and then escapes and meets a woman who persuades him to surrender.

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Director of photography: Freddie Young
Narrative location: London
England
Devon
Title: Escape
Color: black-and-white

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