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No Escape
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No Escape

1953-07-31 · 76 min · ★ 4.4

Crime · Drama · Romance

When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime. The girl, knowing that neither she nor the piano player committed the murder, helps him to escape from the police dragnet and try to find the real killer.

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Directors
Charles Bennett
Production companies
Matthugh Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lew AyresLew AyresJohn Howard Tracy
Sonny TuftsSonny TuftsDet. Simon Shayne
Marjorie SteelePat Peterson
Lewis MartinLewis MartinLt. Bruce Gunning
Gertrude MichaelGertrude MichaelOlga Valerie Lewis
Charles CaneCharles CaneWilbur K. Grossett
Renny McEvoyRenny McEvoyTurnip
Bobby WatsonBobby WatsonClaude Duffy (as Robert Watson)
James GriffithJames GriffithPeter Hayden
Robert BaileyRobert BaileyDetective Bob
Robert CarsonDr. Seymour
Leon BurbankOffice boy
Jess KirkpatrickMac (the waiter)
Barbara MorrisonBarbara MorrisonMrs. Beresford
Carleton YoungCarleton YoungDon Holden
Bess FlowersBess FlowersDepartment Store Shopper
Joe BassettDetective Franks

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