
It Always Rains on Sunday(1947)
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.


When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.

Gerald du Maurier
Captain Matt Denant

Mabel Poulton
The Girl in Hyde Park

Ian Hunter
William Brown, the Plainclothesman

Gordon Harker
Convict 272

Edna Best
The Gentlewoman In Bed

Horace Hodges
The Gentleman at Stream-side

Lewis Casson
Landowner Browning

Madeleine Carroll
Dora

Marie Ney
Grace, Dora's sister

Austin Trevor
The Vicar
Escape! is a crime, drama film released in 1930 exploring themes of prisoner, escape, fugitive, hunting, fox hunt. Directed by Basil Dean, it stars Gerald du Maurier, Mabel Poulton, Ian Hunter. When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
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