Escape Route | |
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U.S. theatrical release poster
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Directed by |
Seymour Friedman Peter Graham Scott |
Produced by | Ronald Kinnoch |
Written by | John Baines Nicholas Phipps |
Starring |
George Raft Sally Gray Clifford Evans Reginald Tate |
Music by | Hans May |
Cinematography | Eric Cross |
Edited by | Tom Simpson |
Production
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Banner Films
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Distributed by |
Eros Films (UK) Lippert Pictures (US) |
Release date
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December 1952 |
Running time
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77 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Escape Route, released in the United States as I'll Get You, is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Seymour Friedman and Peter Graham Scott and starring George Raft, Sally Gray and Clifford Evans.
It was made at Walton Studios and on location around London. American actress Coleen Gray was reported to have been cast opposite Raft, but the role was eventually played by the English star Sally Gray. It was one of several films made by British companies in connection with the low-budget American outfit Lippert Pictures which distributed the film in the United States. It was made on a larger budget than most Lippert releases.
An American, Steve Rossi, enters Britain by slipping past immigration at Heathrow Airport, leading to a national manhunt by the police. He is finally intercepted by Joan Miller, an MI5 agent, who takes him to her superiors. Rossi reveals himself to be an FBI agent posing as a nuclear scientist in an attempt to infiltrate a gang kidnapping western scientists and taking them across the Iron Curtain. His contact in London is a man named Michael Grand who has recently arranged the kidnap of an American. With MI5's assistance, Rossi monitors Grand and arranges a meeting with him. Growing increasingly suspicious of Rossi, Grand and his organisation make several attempts to kill him.