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Escape to Glory (1940)

Escape to Glory (1940)

Drama

Forget All The Action Pictures You Ever Saw... And Brace Yourself For A New Kind Of Thrill!

Release Date: 1940, May 20
Directors: John Brahm
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Cast: Paul Michael, Frank Baker, Olaf Hytten, Norbert Schiller, Pat O'Brien, Wyndham Standing, Melville Cooper, Bruce Bennett, Leslie Denison, Don Beddoe, Frank Benson, Alan Baxter

Overview:

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.

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