Escape to Glory
Escape to Glory
Release: 1940-05-20
·Runtime: 64m
·★ 6.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Erwin Kalser
as Dr. Adolph Behrens
Frank Sully
as Tommy Malone
Olaf Hytten
as Agent
Frank Baker
as Detective
Don Beddoe
as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Alan Baxter
as Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross
Bruce Bennett
as Ship's gunnery officer
Jessie Busley
as Mrs. Mudge
Melville Cooper
as Ship's Mate Penney
Dick Rich
as Perrin's Henchman at Dock
Stanley Logan
as Captain James P. Hollister
Douglas Gordon
as Ship's Lookout
Constance Bennett
as Christine Blaine
Francis Pierlot
as Professor Mudge
Pat O'Brien
as Mike Farrough
Edgar Buchanan
as Charles Atterbee
John Halliday
as John Morgan
Marjorie Gateson
as Mrs. Winslow
Norbert Schiller
as Submarine First Officer
Wyndham Standing
as Man
