Escape by Night (1953 film)
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| Escape by Night | |
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| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Written by | John Gilling |
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| Cinematography | Monty Berman |
| Edited by | Gerald Landau |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
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| Distributed by | Eros Films |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Escape by Night is a 1953 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed and written by John Gilling and starring Bonar Colleano, Andrew Ray, Sid James and Simone Silva.[2][3][4]
Tom Buchan is an alcoholic journalist whose once memorable work has been destroyed by his constant drunken antics that have cost him his future. Buchan boasts to his colleagues that they report news, whilst he makes it. He sees a chance for redemption by getting the life story of Gino Rossi, an Italian crime boss on the run. He wins Rossi's confidence by tipping him off to the police coming to arrest them (after Buchan himself tipped off the police).
The highly suspicious Rossi promises Buchan the rights to his life story as they hide out in an abandoned theatre in return for Buchan, a former pilot, flying him to Italy. Through his nightclub singer girlfriend Rosetta, Rossi becomes suspicious that his brother Guillio plans to take over his gang. They are discovered by a young boy playing games by himself in the theatre; Buchan tells the boy they are Secret Service Agents and enlists the child as a junior secret agent to bring them food and supplies and to deliver Buchan's stories to his editor and messages to Rosetta.
Due to Buchan's disappearance his editor places a £500 reward in the media for news of the two men.
Cast
- Bonar Colleano as Tom Buchan
- Andrew Ray as Joey Weston
- Sid James as Gino Rossi
- Ted Ray as Mr. Weston
- Simone Silva as Rosetta Mantania
- Patrick Barr as Inspector Frampton
- Peter Sinclair as MacNaughton
- Avice Landone as Mrs. Weston
- Ronald Adam as Tallboy
- Eric Berry as Con Blair
- Martin Benson as Guillio
- Ronan O'Casey as Pietro
- Michael Balfour as reporter (uncredited)
- Harry Towb as reporter (uncredited)