No Escape (1934 film)
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| No Escape | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Ince |
| Written by | Scott Darling |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
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| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
No Escape is a lost 1934 British drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ian Hunter, Binnie Barnes and Molly Lamont.[2] It was written by Scott Darling, and was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.[3]
The British Film Institute has classed No Escape as a lost film.[4] Its National Archive holds a collection of ephemera and stills but no film or video materials.[2]
Plot
Jim Brandon, a rubber planter in Malaysia, has been wrongly convicted of poisoning his business partner, and together with cellmate Lucky, escapes captivity, holding away in a ship bound for England. At London docks, after Brandon flees the ship, Lucky is found dead from Bubonic plague, and the hunt is on for Brandon, carrying the disease.
Cast
- Ian Hunter as Jim Brandon
- Binnie Barnes as Myra Fengler
- Ralph Ince as Lucky
- Molly Lamont as Helen Arnold
- Charles Carson as Mr. Arnold
- Philip Strange as Kirk Fengler
- Madeline Seymour as Mrs. Arnold
- George Merritt as Inspector Matheson