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62% Critic Match
The Escape
“SMASHING DRAMA of the city streets...thousands fighting...for survival!”
6.2 / 10• 1939• 1h 3m•NR• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.
Cast & Crew
Kane Richmond
Eddie Farrell
Lead
Amanda Duff
Juli Peronni
June Gale
Annie Qualen
Edward Norris
Louie Peronni
Henry Armetta
Guiseppi Peronni
Frank Reicher
Dr. Shumaker
Scotty Beckett
Willie Rogers
Leona Roberts
Aunt Mamie Qualen
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ricardo Cortez's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Escape is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
