Escape to Glory
Forget All The Action Pictures You Ever Saw... And Brace Yourself For A New Kind Of Thrill!
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.
Director John Brahm
Cast
Jessie Busley
Mrs. Mudge
Norbert Schiller
Submarine First Officer
Francis Pierlot
Professor Mudge
Melville Cooper
Ship's Mate Penney
Olaf Hytten
Agent
Frank Baker
Detective
Constance Bennett
Christine Blaine
Alan Baxter
Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross
John Halliday
John Morgan
Don Beddoe
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Dick Rich
Perrin's Henchman at Dock
Douglas Gordon
Ship's Lookout
Frank Sully
Tommy Malone
Stanley Logan
Captain James P. Hollister
Bruce Bennett
Ship's gunnery officer
Pat O'Brien
Mike Farrough
Erwin Kalser
Dr. Adolph Behrens
Marjorie Gateson
Mrs. Winslow
Edgar Buchanan
Charles Atterbee
Wyndham Standing
Man