Film · 1940
Escape to Glory
Forget All The Action Pictures You Ever Saw... And Brace Yourself For A New Kind Of Thrill!
Directed by John BrahmPat O'BrienConstance BennettJohn Halliday
20 May 1940Released
1h 4mRunning time
The story
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.
Cast
Pat O'Brien
Mike Farrough
Constance Bennett
Christine Blaine
John Halliday
John Morgan
Alan Baxter
Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross
Erwin Kalser
Dr. Adolph Behrens
Edgar Buchanan
Charles Atterbee
Frank Sully
Tommy Malone
Marjorie Gateson
Mrs. Winslow
Francis Pierlot
Professor Mudge
Jessie Busley
Mrs. Mudge
Melville Cooper
Ship's Mate Penney
Stanley Logan
Captain James P. Hollister
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