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
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Hal Williams
as Cop at Mayor's Office
Garry Marshall
as Drummer
Huntz Hall
as Turnkey
Margaret Ladd
as Reporter
Gabriel Dell
as Uncle Burke
David Clennon
as Newspaper Editor
Harry Anderson
as Harry Masters
Isabel Cooley
as Secretary at Newspaper Office
Tom Signorelli
as Mailbox Cop
Doug McGrath
as Photographer
Teri Garr
as Arlene
Joan Hackett
as Aunt Sibyl
John P. Ryan
as Vernon
Jackie Coogan
as Magic Shop Owner
Harry Caesar
as Sax Player
Carlin Glynn
as Treasurer's Secretary
Raúl Juliá
as Stu Quiñones
Griffin O'Neal
as Danny Masters
E. G. Daily
as Sandra
Richard Bradford
as Sam (uncredited)
Desi Arnaz
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
M. Emmet Walsh
as Fritz
Crew
Buck Houghton
Producer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Barrie M. Osborne
Unit Production Manager
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costumer
Fred Roos
Executive Producer
Caleb Deschanel
Director
Arthur Schmidt
Editor
Melissa Mathison
Screenplay
Stephen H. Burum
Director of Photography
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunt Double
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Michael Haley
First Assistant Director
Dean Tavoularis
Production Design
Mark Radcliffe
Additional Second Assistant Director