Escapade (1955 film)

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Escapade
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Original British quad poster
Directed by Philip Leacock
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart
Based on Escapade by Roger MacDougall
Produced by Daniel M. Angel
Hannah Weinstein
Starring John Mills
Yvonne Mitchell
Alastair Sim
Cinematography Eric Cross
Edited byJohn Trumper
Music by Bruce Montgomery
Production
company
Pinnacle Productions
Distributed by Eros Films
Distributors Corporation of America (US)
Release date
  • 4 August 1955 (1955-08-04)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Escapade is a 1955 British comedy drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell and Alastair Sim. [1] It was based on a long-running West End play of the same name by Roger MacDougall. [2]

Contents

The film was produced at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Bernard Robinson. The location shots of the school were filmed at Epsom College.

Plot summary

A husband and father becomes so preoccupied with a political cause that he neglects his familial responsibilities, leading to his children running away from home.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in March 1955. [4]

Critical reception

In The New York Times , Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing, "It is a curiously notional and impractical expostulation against war, obviously well-intended but as humorless as a labored gag". [5] Leonard Maltin, on the other hand, gave it three out of four stars, calling it an "Ambitious, insightful, solidly acted drama about the cynicism and hypocrisy of adults and the idealism of youth." [6] TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it, "...an okay comedy with a message, but the play was better." [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Escapade (1955)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames)". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Studio round up". Kinematograph Weekly. 31 March 1955. p. 31. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 4 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Escapade (1955) - Overview - TCM.com". Archived from the original on 7 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Escapade".

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