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The Escape
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The Escape

1998-04-24 · 91 min · ★ 4.5

Thriller · TV Movie · Crime

Clayton, at the age of nineteen, is convicted for a crime he did not commit. Ten years afterwards, after having taken all the abuses against him in prison, he decides to escape, without caring about the consequences.

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Directors
Stuart Gillard
Production companies
MGM Television, Showtime Networks, Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

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Patrick DempseyPatrick DempseyClayton
Brigitte BakoBrigitte BakoSarah
Colm FeoreColm FeoreHickman
Vincent GaleVincent GaleNewby
William Morgan SheppardWilliam Morgan SheppardLong
Alf HumphreysAlf HumphreysDeputy

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