Escapade

Escapade

Warning to Women! A bitter lesson to men. A startling drama of modern marriage.

NR 1932 · 67 min · ★ 7.0 · Crime, Drama

Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip looks up to John and while incarcerated maintained contact with him through a continental mailing agency. As John has no idea he was in prison, Phillip tells him that he has just returned from Japan.

Directed by Richard Thorpe · Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr.

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