Escape from Crime
“I loved a guy with a gun!”
DirectorD. Ross Lederman
ScreenplayRaymond L. Schrock, Daniel Ahern
Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.
Richard Travis was 29, Julie Bishop was 27, and Jackie Gleason was 26 when “Escape from Crime” premiered (1942).
Release
Jul 25, 1942
Budget
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Country
United States
Revenue
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Cast
Richard Travis
Dennis Daniel "Red" O'Hara
Julie Bishop
Molly O'Hara
Jackie Gleason
Evans - Convict Getting Mug Shot (as Jackie C. Gleason)
Frank Wilcox
Cornell
Rex Williams
Slim Dugan
Wade Boteler
Lieutenant 'Biff' Malone
Charles Cahill Wilson
C.L. Reardon - Managing Editor (as Charles Wilson)
Paul Fix
Dude Merrill
Ruth Ford
Myrt - Slim's Moll
John Hamilton
Rafferty
Ann Corcoran
Belle Mason - Dude's Moll
Ben Taggart
Warden Kirby
Hank Mann
Pete
William Hopper
Hastings
Bill Edwards
Reporter
Murray Alper
Fingerprint Assistant
Ray Teal
Gangster
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