Escape Me Never | |
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Directed by | Paul Czinner |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
Written by |
Margaret Kennedy (play) Robert Cullen Carl Zuckermann |
Starring |
Elisabeth Bergner Hugh Sinclair Griffith Jones Penelope Dudley-Ward |
Music by | William Walton |
Cinematography | Sepp Allgeier Georges Périnal Freddie Young |
Edited by | David Lean |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date
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1 April 1935 |
Running time
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95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Escape Me Never is a 1935 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner, produced by Herbert Wilcox, and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hugh Sinclair and Griffith Jones. The film is an adaptation of the play Escape Me Never by Margaret Kennedy; a later adaptation was the 1947 Warner Bros. version. The score is by William Walton. Bergner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, but lost out to Bette Davis. British readers of Film Weekly magazine voted the 1935 Best Performance category in a British movie to her.
It was the 19th most popular film at the British box office in 1935-36.