Escape

Name: Escape
Director: Basil Dean
Released: 1930-01-01

1930 crime film directed by Basil Dean

FilmfilmQ5396898

Released: 1930
Director: Basil Dean
Screenwriter: John Galsworthy
Producer: Basil Dean
Cast: Gerald du Maurier
Genre: drama film
, crime film
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English

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Escape! is a 1930 British crime film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gerald du Maurier, Edna Best and Gordon Harker. It was based on the 1926 play of the same title by John Galsworthy, which was adapted again as a film in 1948.

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Narrative location: London
Devon
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood
Director of photography: Jack MacKenzie
Title: Escape
Color: black-and-white
Film editor: Jack Kitchin

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