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Escape(Movie, 1948)

NR
| 1h 18min | Genre: Thriller
EscapeRating: 3.1/5 (with 55 votes)
Escape is a 1948 British-American thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It follows a Royal Air Force World War II veteran (Rex Harrison) who goes to prison and then escapes and meets a woman who persuades him to surrender. The screenplay by Philip Dunne was based on the 1926 play Escape by John Galsworthy, which had previously been filmed in 1930. ()
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About Escape

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

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Additional Information

Plays in: London, England, Devon
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 07/30/1948 (World premiere: 03/01/1948)
Screenwriter: Philip Dunne
Director of Photography: Freddie Young
Composer: William Alwyn
Keywords: british noir
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Escape (US, 1937), Escape (US, 1940), Escape (DK, 1942), Escape (US, 1971), Escape (US, 1980), Escape (1989), Escape (PH, 1995), Escape (HU, 1997), Escape (2000), Escape (ES, 2003), Escape (RU, 2005), Escape (2008), Escape (EE, 2009), Escape (US, 2010), Escape (NO, 2012), Escape (2016), Escape (US, 2017), Escape (DK, 2019), Escape (BG, 2022), Escape (2023)

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