The Escape

The Escape

63 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 5, 1939

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.

The Escape

63 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 5, 1939

The Escape
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.
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Escape
Directors Ricardo Cortez
Writers Helen Logan, Robert Ellis

Cast

Kane Richmond

as Eddie Farrell

Amanda Duff

as Juli Peronni

June Gale

as Annie Qualen

Edward Norris

as Louie Peronni

Henry Armetta

as Guiseppi Peronni

Frank Reicher

as Dr. Shumaker

Scotty Beckett

as Willie Rogers

Leona Roberts

as Aunt Mamie Qualen

Rex Downing

as Tommy Rogers

Jimmy Butler

as Jim Rogers

Roger McGee

as Swat

Richard Lane

as David Clifford

Jack Carson

as Chet Warren

Matt McHugh

as Pete

Helen Ericson

as Helen Gardner

Jessie Arnold

as Neighbor

Stanley Blystone

as Policeman

Nick Copeland

as Chummy Miller

Ellen Drew

as Reporter

Jack Easton

as Reporter

Sam Finn

as Gangster

Mary Gordon

as Neighbor

John Harmon

as Gangster

Aggie Herring

as Mrs. Nearny

Al Hill

as Lefty

Selmer Jackson

as Mr. Henley

Thomas E. Jackson

as Police Lieutenant

Jerry Jerome

as Gangster

Edward Keane

as Captain of Detectives

Milton Kibbee

as Neighbor

Robert Lowery

as Ambulance Driver

James T. Mack

as Watchman

Ivan Miller

as Police Captain

Bruce Mitchell

as Police Sergeant

David Newell

as Reporter

Pat O'Malley

as Neighbor

Sandra Lee Richards

as Clifford Child

Agnes Steele

as Matron

Fred Walburn

as Boy

Garland Weaver

as Reporter

Mark Roberts

as MIckey