
Escapade
1932-04-01 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip looks up to John and while incarcerated maintained contact with him through a continental mailing agency. As John has no idea he was in prison, Phillip tells him that he has just returned from Japan.
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- Directors
- Richard Thorpe
- Production companies
- Invincible Pictures Corp.
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Jameson ThomasJohn Whitney
Sally BlaneKay Whitney
Anthony BushellPhilip Whitney
Thomas E. JacksonBennie
Walter LongGympy McLane
Carmelita GeraghtyMildred Warren
Phillips SmalleyWally Hines
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