The Escape

October. 05,1939      NR
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Kane Richmond as  Eddie Farrell
Amanda Duff as  Juli Peronni
June Gale as  Annie Qualen
Edward Norris as  Louie Peronni
Henry Armetta as  Guiseppi Peronni
Frank Reicher as  Dr. Shumaker
Scotty Beckett as  Willie Rogers
Leona Roberts as  Aunt Mamie Qualen
Rex Downing as  Tommy Rogers
Jimmy Butler as  Jim Rogers

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Reviews

KnotMissPriceless
1939/10/05

Why so much hype?

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Platicsco
1939/10/06

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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Dynamixor
1939/10/07

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Izzy Adkins
1939/10/08

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

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