Escape to Glory

Escape to Glory

64 mins | Drama | May 20, 1940

The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.

Escape to Glory

64 mins | Drama | May 20, 1940

Escape to Glory
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Escape to Glory
Directors John Brahm
Writers P.J. Wolfson

Cast

Pat O’Brien

as Mike Farrough

Constance Bennett

as Christine Blaine

John Halliday

as John Morgan

Alan Baxter

as Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross

Erwin Kalser

as Dr. Adolph Behrens

Edgar Buchanan

as Charles Atterbee

Frank Sully

as Tommy Malone

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Winslow

Francis Pierlot

as Professor Mudge

Jessie Busley

as Mrs. Mudge

Melville Cooper

as Ship's Mate Penney

Stanley Logan

as Captain James P. Hollister

Leslie Denison

as Ship's Mate Jones

Don Beddoe

as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson

Norbert Schiller

as Submarine First Officer

Frank Alten

as Submarine Radio Operator

Bruce Bennett

as Ship's gunnery officer

Rex Post

as First Mate

Dick Rich

as Perrin's Henchman at Dock

Olaf Hytten

as Agent

Arthur Mulliner

as Detective

Frank Baker

as Detective

Frank Benson

as Sailor

Bobby Hale

as Sailor

Fred Wolff

as German Sailor

Douglas Gordon

as Ship's Lookout

Jean Prescott

as Mrs. Hollister

Hans von Morhart

as German Sailor

Paul Michael

as German Sailor

Arno Frey

as Submarine Gunner

David Dunbar

as Sailor

James Kilgannon

as Sailor

Hans Schumann

as Submarine Commander