The Escape (1939)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.837 |
Directed By
Ricardo Cortez
Crew
Ricardo Cortez
Helen Logan
Sol M. Wurtzel
Fred Allen
Edward Cronjager
Robert Ellis
TOP CAST
Kane Richmond
Eddie Farrell
Amanda Duff
Juli Peronni
June Gale
Annie Qualen
Edward Norris
Louie Peronni
Henry Armetta
Guiseppi Peronni
Frank Reicher
Dr. Shumaker
Scotty Beckett
Willie Rogers
Leona Roberts
Aunt Mamie Qualen
Rex Downing
Tommy Rogers
Jimmy Butler
Jim Rogers
Roger McGee
Swat
Richard Lane
David Clifford
Jack Carson
Chet Warren
Matt McHugh
Pete
Helen Ericson
Helen Gardner
Jessie Arnold
Neighbor
Stanley Blystone
Policeman
Nick Copeland
Chummy Miller
Ellen Drew
Reporter
Jack Easton
Reporter
Sam Finn
Gangster
Mary Gordon
Neighbor
John Harmon
Gangster
Aggie Herring
Mrs. Nearny
Al Hill
Lefty
Selmer Jackson
Mr. Henley
Thomas E. Jackson
Police Lieutenant
Jerry Jerome
Gangster
Edward Keane
Captain of Detectives
Milton Kibbee
Neighbor
Robert Lowery
Ambulance Driver
James T. Mack
Watchman
Ivan Miller
Police Captain
Bruce Mitchell
Police Sergeant
David Newell
Reporter
Pat O'Malley
Neighbor
Sandra Lee Richards
Clifford Child
Agnes Steele
Matron
Fred Walburn
Boy
Garland Weaver
Reporter
Mark Roberts
MIckey
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