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Also known as City on a Hunt, No Escape stars Lew Ayres and Marjorie Steele as mixed-up victims of circumstance. John Tracy (Ayres), a drunken songwriter, has reason to believe that he's murdered artist Peter Hayden (James Griffith). So does Pat Peterson (Steele), a blue-collar girl whom Hayden had tried to seduce. Both John and Pat take it on the lam, with her boyfriend, police detective Simon Shayne (Sonny Tufts), in hot pursuit. The twist ending isn't much of a surprise, but it's still crammed with suspense. No Escape represents a rare directorial effort by screenwriter Charles Bennett, whose previous scripting credits include several Alfred Hitchcock thrillers.
Original Release
07/31/1953
US Release
07/31/1953
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lew Ayres | John Howard Tracy |
Sonny Tufts | Det. Simon Shayne / Detective Simon Shayne |
Marjorie Steele | Pat Peterson |
Lewis Martin | Lt. Bruce Gunning / Police Lt. Bruce Gunning |
Gertrude Michael | Olga Valerie Lewis |
Charles Cane | Wilbur K. Grossett |
Renny McEvoy | Turnip |
Bobby Watson | Claude Duffy (as Robert Watson) / Claude Duffy |
James Griffith | Peter Hayden |
Robert Bailey | Detective Bob |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lew Ayres | John Howard Tracy |
Sonny Tufts | Det. Simon Shayne / Detective Simon Shayne |
Marjorie Steele | Pat Peterson |
Lewis Martin | Lt. Bruce Gunning / Police Lt. Bruce Gunning |
Gertrude Michael | Olga Valerie Lewis |
Charles Cane | Wilbur K. Grossett |
Renny McEvoy | Turnip |
Bobby Watson | Claude Duffy (as Robert Watson) / Claude Duffy |
James Griffith | Peter Hayden |
Robert Bailey | Detective Bob |
Robert Carson | Dr. Seymour |
Leon Burbank | Office Boy |
Jess Kirkpatrick | Mac (the waiter) / Mac - the Waiter |
Barbara Morrison | Mrs. Beresford / Mrs. Eugene Beresford |
Carleton Young | Don Holden |
Hans Schumm | Vladimir Platoff |
John Vosper | Mr. Crockett |
Joseph Kim | Chinese Barman |
Maudie Prickett | Bookstore Clerk |
Tim Graham | Drunk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Matt Freed | Producer |
Hugh Mackenzie | Producer |