The Escape (1926 film)
1926 film
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The Escape is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Milburn Morante and starring Pete Morrison, Barbara Starr, and Frank Norcross.[1]
Directed byMilburn Morante
Written by
- L. V. Jefferson
- Frank S. Beresford
Produced byCarl Laemmle
Starring
- Pete Morrison
- Barbara Starr
- Frank Norcross
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| Directed by | Milburn Morante |
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| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
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| Cinematography | Jack Young |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Johnny Bowers and Howard Breen are rival suitors for Evelyn Grant, daughter of the town's bank owner. Breen is also secretly head of a bandit gang and plans a robbery of the stagecoach while it is bringing money to the bank. Johnny and his men are jailed on a false charge, but they escape, halt the stage, and preemptively take the money to the bank. The gang then holds up the bank and is pursued by a posse. Breen is killed. Johnny and Evelyn become a couple.
Cast
- Pete Morrison as Johnny Bowers
- Barbara Starr as Evelyn Grant
- Frank Norcross as Jeremiah Grant
- Bruce Gordon as Howard Breen
- Elmer Dewey as Silas Peele
- Jane Arden as Flossie Lane
- Tex Young as Manuel Estrada
