28 August 1930 Drama, Crime 70 mins
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.
Watch the official Escape! 1930 trailer in HD below.
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
Lewis Casson as Landowner Browning
Madeleine Carroll as Dora
Marie Ney as Grace, Dora's sister
Austin Trevor as The Vicar
Felix Aylmer as The Prison Governor
Jean Cadell as The Picnic Woman
Phyllis Konstam as The Woman Hiker
Ann Casson as Betty, the Autograph Hound
Nigel Bruce as Constable at Vicarage
Basil Dean Director
Clifford Pember Art Direction
Basil Dean Producer
Jack Kitchin Editor
John Galsworthy Story
Basil Dean Scenario Writer
James B. Sloan Production Manager
John Burch Assistant Director
Jack MacKenzie Director of Photography
Ernest Irving Original Music Composer
United Kingdom 28 August 1930
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16 November 1930
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21 December 1930
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08 February 1930
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01 August 1930
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01 December 1930
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27 September 1930
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