Escape to Glory (1940)
- Starring:
- Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennett, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Brahm
Synopsis of Escape to Glory
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful. Twenty years later, director John Brahm would masterfully recreate the shipboard tensions he sustained so well in Escape to Glory for his classic Twilight Zone TV playlet "Judgment Night." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Escape to Glory
- Pat O'Brien - Mike Farrough
- John Halliday - John Morgan
- Alan Baxter - Larry Perrin
- Marjorie Gateson - Mrs. Winslow
- Stanley Logan - Capt. Hollister
- Erwin Kalser - Dr. Behrens
- Leslie Denison - First Mate
- Olaf Hytten - Agent
- James Kilgannon - Sailor
- Jessie Busley - Mrs. Mudge
- Constance Bennett - Christine Blaine
- Melville Cooper - Penny
- Edgar Buchanan - Charles Atterbee
- Francis Pierlot - Prof. Mudge
- Frank Sully - Tommy Malone
- Don Beddoe - Chief Engineer
- Frank Baker
- Arno Frey - Submarine Gunner
- Arthur Mulliner - Detective
- Bruce Bennett - Lieutenant
- Director(s):
- John Brahm
- Writer(s):
- P.J. Wolfson
- Producer(s):
- Sam Bischoff
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