Escape Dangerous
1947 British film by Digby Smith
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Escape Dangerous is a 1947 British second feature ('B')[1] drama film directed by Digby Smith and starring Beresford Egan and Marianne Stone.[2][3] It was written by Oswell Blakeston (pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher).
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- John Denny
- Beresford Egan
- Digby Smith
Marianne Stone
| Escape Dangerous | |
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Opening titles | |
| Directed by | Digby Smith |
| Written by | Oswell Blakeston |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | Beresford Egan Marianne Stone |
| Cinematography | Stanley Clinton |
| Edited by | Joseph Levine |
| Music by | Joseph Levine |
Production company | DS Films |
| Distributed by | H & S Film Services |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Beresford Egan as Dr. Belhomme
- Marianne Stone as Jacqueline Fabre
- Lily Lapidus as Mme. Angeline
- Daphne Day as Blanche de Vigny
- Peter Noble as Michel Fournier
- Humberston Wright as Aristide Fabre
- Ethel Edwards as Countess de Fournier
- Charles Paton as night porter
- Jack Faint as first tribunal judge
- Cyril Conway as Paul Bonnet
- Beth Ross as Marie
Reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "Crude, dishevelled costume piece ... hard to follow without the aid of a synopsis, let alone without, it has little to recommend it."[4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Cardboard historical drama."[5]
Writing in The British 'B' Film, Chibnall and MacFarlane said: "The picture was ambitious in its French Revolutionary setting and its depiction of guillotine and tumbrel, but stolid in all other respects."[1]