I Can't Escape
Cast & Crew
Otto Brower
Onslow Stevens
Lila Lee
Russell Gleason
Clara Kimball Young
Otis Harlan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After serving five years in prison on a trumped-up charge, Steve Nichols meets and falls in love with Mae, a young but world-weary woman of the streets. The couple pledges to "stay straight" and then marries. Because of his criminal record, however, Steve struggles to find a job, but finally is offered work as a salesman for a bond house, which promises to make him a partner if he sells $100,000 in securities to a widow. Unaware that the bond house is run by crooks, Steve, who now goes by the name Cummings, accepts the position. Soon after, penniless Tom Martin shows up at the bond house and confesses to Steve that he is looking for the man who ruined his father in a crooked stock deal, which then led to his suicide. Steve realizes that Tom is searching for him and, to soften his vengeful desires, offers to take him in as a payless boarder. Eventually Tom, who has fallen in love with Mae, discovers Steve's real identity and confronts him with the crime. Steve, however, tracks down the men who framed him and proves to Tom that he is innocent. After the real criminals are brought to justice, Steve forgives Tom for his feelings toward Mae and finally frees himself from the burden of his past.
Director
Otto Brower
Cast
Onslow Stevens
Lila Lee
Russell Gleason
Clara Kimball Young
Otis Harlan
Hooper Atchley
Kane Richmond
Eddie Gribbon
Nat Carr
William Desmond
John Elliott
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Although a print of this film was not viewed, the above credits were taken from a British print. On that print, a 1934 copyright statement is listed, but the title was not found in copyright records. The Hollywood Reporter reviewer commented on the "dance sequence" and "dance team" that were featured in the film. In the Hollywood Reporter review and on the British print, Universal is listed as the film's distributor. No other sources, however, confirm that Universal was involved in distributing the picture in America. According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, Russell Gleason replaced Frank Melton in the cast prior to shooting. In a filmography in the file on Edgar G. Ulmer at AMPAS, he stated that he was the 2d unit director on this film. In an unpublished interview, Shirley Ulmer, the director's wife, stated that she wrote the film and that her husband moonlighted as a director.
