Escapade (1957 film)

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Escapade
Directed by Ralph Habib
Written by Marcel Archard
Based onshort story "Cinderella and the Mob," by Cornell Woolrich (as "William Irish")
Starring
Cinematography Pierre Petit
Edited by Raymond Lamy
Music by Michel Emer
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Escapade is a 1957 French adventure film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Louis Jourdan, Dany Carrel, and Roger Hanin.

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Premise

Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.

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