The Escape (1928)
- Starring:
- William Russell, Virginia Valli, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Rosson
Synopsis of The Escape
This second filmization of Paul Armstrong's play Escape is a bleak study of slum life. Virginia Valli plays May Joyce, the daughter of a scummy bootlegger who falls in love with medical intern Jerry Magee (William Russell). When May is forced to go to work in a sleazy nightclub, Jerry becomes so disconsolate that he loses his job and takes to bootlegging himself. Only when forced to confront himself does Jerry straighten up and seek out a new life, with May at his side. William Demarest provides comic relief as a minor gangster. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Escape
- William Russell - Jerry Magee
- Nancy Drexel - Jennie Joyce
- William Demarest - Trigger Caswell
- Virginia Valli - May Joyce
- George Meeker - Dr. Don Elliott
- James Gordon - Jim Joyce
- Director(s):
- Richard Rosson
- Writer(s):
- Paul Schofield, Paul Schoenfeld
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