The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
Release: 1982-05-28
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Crime
Drama
The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Zoetrope
Cast
Raúl Juliá
as Stu Quiñones
Griffin O'Neal
as Danny Masters
Desi Arnaz
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
Teri Garr
as Arlene
Joan Hackett
as Aunt Sibyl
Gabriel Dell
as Uncle Burke
John P. Ryan
as Vernon
E. G. Daily
as Sandra
M. Emmet Walsh
as Fritz
Jackie Coogan
as Magic Shop Owner
Hal Williams
as Cop at Mayor's Office
David Clennon
as Newspaper Editor
Harry Caesar
as Sax Player
Huntz Hall
as Turnkey
Harry Anderson
as Harry Masters
Carlin Glynn
as Treasurer's Secretary
Isabel Cooley
as Secretary at Newspaper Office
Tom Signorelli
as Mailbox Cop
Margaret Ladd
as Reporter
Garry Marshall
as Drummer
Doug McGrath
as Photographer
Richard Bradford
as Sam (uncredited)
Crew
Caleb Deschanel
Director
Michael Haley
First Assistant Director
Mark Radcliffe
Additional Second Assistant Director
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costumer
Barrie M. Osborne
Unit Production Manager
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunt Double
Arthur Schmidt
Editor
Dean Tavoularis
Production Design
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Buck Houghton
Producer
Fred Roos
Executive Producer
Melissa Mathison
Screenplay
Stephen H. Burum
Director of Photography