The Escape
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Richard Rosson
Director
William Russell
Jerry Magee [Martin]
Virginia Valli
May Joyce
Nancy Drexel
Jennie Joyce
George Meeker
Dr. Don Elliott
William Demarest
Trigger Caswell
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Apr
29,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Escape by Paul Armstrong (New York, 20 Sep 1913, 26 Oct 1927).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,109ft
(6 reels)
Synopsis
Jerry Magee, a hospital intern, falls in love with May Joyce, a poor girl whose father is a bootlegger. May gets a job in a nightclub when her father is killed in a raid. There she works for the man responsible for her father's death. Magee loses his job, begins to drink heavily, and becomes a bootlegger. One night he makes a delivery to the place where May works. In the last few scenes Magee, May, and her sister escape from the nightclub just before the police break in for a raid.
Director
Richard Rosson
Director
Cast
William Russell
Jerry Magee [Martin]
Virginia Valli
May Joyce
Nancy Drexel
Jennie Joyce
George Meeker
Dr. Don Elliott
William Demarest
Trigger Caswell
James Gordon
Jim Joyce
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Apr
29,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Escape by Paul Armstrong (New York, 20 Sep 1913, 26 Oct 1927).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,109ft
(6 reels)
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Trivia
Notes
There is some doubt about the credit for Kenneth Hawks.
