Escape by Night

1937
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1h 12m

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William Hall, Anne Nagel, and Bill in Escape by Night (1937)

Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.

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5.9/10

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William Hall

Nick

Anne Nagel

Linda

Dean Jagger

Capper Regan

Steffi Duna

Ward Bond

Spudsy

Murray Alper

Charles Waldron

Pop Adams

George Meeker

Fred Peters

Wallis Clark

District Attorney

Arthur Aylesworth

Sheriff

Anthony Warde

Mike
(as Anthony Ward)

Bill

Bill

Kernan Cripps

Police Radio Dispatcher
(uncredited)

John Dilson

The Doctor
(uncredited)

Pauline Haddon

Farm Girl
(uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Hood
(uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

Big George - Regan Henchman
(uncredited)

Director
- Hamilton MacFadden
Writer
- Harold Shumate
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Trivia
The tractor that Red repairs is a McCormick-Deering T20 Trac-Trac-Tor. Just over 15000 of these were produced between 1931 and 1939.

Goofs
Toward the end Jagger's Capper character got attacked by 'Bill' the dog and Nick. During the short scuffle, Jagger's hat got jarred a bit and knocked off. The first jarring showed something under the fedora. He fell back and hit the dirt, then the hat came off revealing a full head wig flopped forward hair side downward showing the bald pate. should have been cut. very obvious. No comic mention either prior or after about the rug.

Quotes
Nicholas Allen: I never did like to see a girl manhandled. Turn her loose!

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5/10

Silly and cheap but also enjoyable!

When the film begins, a poor sap, Nick (William Hall) accidentally gets involved with a gang of crooks and folks think he's one of them. Soon he and the Regan gang are on the lam and they come up with a great idea---to hide out at a humble farm in the country. There something unusual happens...the crooks all come to love the simple country life and want to give up their wicked ways. Plus Nick and Jo (Steffi Duna) find love with two locals. The problem is that the leader of the gang, Capper Regan (Dean Jagger) isn't about to let any of them just retire.

This is a bad film in some ways. Steffi Duna can barely speak English and practically needed subtitles. Additionally, the finale is a bit silly. But, most importantly, I was able to set all that aside and enjoy the picture even if it was just a cheap B. Not bad overall and rather fun.