POST-WAR

Escape (1948)

19481h 16mdir. Joseph L. MankiewiczUnited States, United Kingdomfilm noir

With Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland, Frederick Piper, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Patrick Troughton

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Escape is a 1948 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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