I Escaped from the Gestapo
I Escaped from the Gestapo is a 1943 film from King Brothers Productions, directed from Harold Young about a forger forced to work for Nazi spies. It stars Dean Jagger, Mary Brian and John Carradine.[1][2]
| I Escaped from the Gestapo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold Young |
| Produced by | Charles King Maurice King |
| Written by | Henry Blankfort |
| Starring | Victor Jory Pamela Blake Veda Ann Borg |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date | 14 May 1943 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was also known as No Escape and Edmund Lowe was meant to star, and Frances Farmer also in a uncredited role, and George McFarland of the Our Gang fame as Billy.[3] Frances Farmer started filming but was accused of assaulting a hairdresser, and forced to leave the set.
Plot
Torgut Lane (Dean Jagger) is a forger who is busted out of prison but then forced to work for Nazi spies in the U.S. printing counterfeit bills, to undermine the war effort. He ultimately finds a way to report their activities, by engraving a telling give-away on the plate to tip off the FBI.
Cast
- Dean Jagger as Torgut Lane
- John Carradine as Fritz Martin - Gestapo Agent
- Mary Brian as Helen
- William Henry as Gordon - Gestapo Agent (as Bill Henry)
- Sidney Blackmer as Bergen
- Ian Keith as Gerard
- Anthony Warde as Lokin (as Anthony Ward)
- Edward Keane as Domack - Head of Gestapo Gang
- William Marshall as Lunt (as Billy Marshall)
- Norman Willis as FBI Chief Rodt
- Peter Dunne as Olin
- George McFarland as Billy
- Charles Wagenheim as Hart
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Frances Farmer as (montage sequence) (uncredited)
References
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2005697203/
- "DVD REVIEW: "I ESCAPED FROM THE GESTAPO" (1943) STARRING DEAN JAGGER AND JOHN CARRADINE – Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s". Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- "Of Local Origin". New York Times. October 10, 1942. p. 11.