I Escaped from the Gestapo

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I Escaped from the Gestapo
Directed by Harold Young
Written by Henry Blankfort
Wallace Sullivan
Produced byCharles King
Maurice King
Starring Dean Jagger
Mary Brian
John Carradine
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Edited byS. K. Winston
Music byDavid Chudnow
W. Franke Harling
Production
company
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date
  • 14 May 1943 (1943-05-14)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Escaped from the Gestapo is a 1943 film from King Brothers Productions, directed by Harold Young about a forger forced to work for Nazi spies. It stars Dean Jagger, Mary Brian and John Carradine. [1] [2]

Contents

The film was also known as No Escape and Edmund Lowe was meant to star, and Frances Farmer also, in an uncredited role, and George McFarland of the Our Gang fame as Billy. [3] Frances Farmer started filming but was accused of assaulting a hairdresser, and forced to leave the set.

Plot

Torgut Lane is a forger who is busted out of prison but then forced to work for Nazi spies in the U.S. printing counterfeit bills, to undermine the war effort. He ultimately finds a way to report their activities, by engraving a telling give-away on the plate to tip off the FBI.

Cast

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References

  1. "I escaped from the Gestapo".
  2. "DVD REVIEW: "I ESCAPED FROM THE GESTAPO" (1943) STARRING DEAN JAGGER AND JOHN CARRADINE – Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s" . Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. "Of Local Origin". New York Times. October 10, 1942. p. 11.