The Escape

The Escape

SMASHING DRAMA of the city streets...thousands fighting...for survival!

NR 1939 · 63 min · ★ 6.2 · Crime, Drama

An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.

Directed by Ricardo Cortez · Written by Helen Logan

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Cast

Kane Richmond Eddie Farrell
Amanda Duff Juli Peronni
June Gale Annie Qualen
Edward Norris Louie Peronni
Henry Armetta Guiseppi Peronni
Frank Reicher Dr. Shumaker
Scotty Beckett Willie Rogers
Leona Roberts Aunt Mamie Qualen
Rex Downing Tommy Rogers
Jimmy Butler Jim Rogers
Roger McGee Swat
Richard Lane David Clifford

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