The Escape
“SMASHING DRAMA of the city streets...thousands fighting...for survival!”
1939•NR•1h 3m•6.3•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
Ricardo Cortez
Writer
Helen Logan, Robert Ellis
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Kane Richmond
Eddie Farrell
Amanda Duff
Juli Peronni
June Gale
Annie Qualen
Edward Norris
Louie Peronni
Henry Armetta
Guiseppi Peronni
Frank Reicher
Dr. Shumaker
Scotty Beckett
Willie Rogers
Leona Roberts
Aunt Mamie Qualen
Rex Downing
Tommy Rogers
Jimmy Butler
Jim Rogers
Roger McGee
Swat
Richard Lane
David Clifford
Jack Carson
Chet Warren
Matt McHugh
Pete
Helen Ericson
Helen Gardner
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Sol M. Wurtzel
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