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The Escape (1939)

5.5 | Oct 05, 1939 (US) | Crime, Drama | 01:03

SMASHING DRAMA of the city streets...thousands fighting...for survival!

An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.

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Kane Richmond
Eddie Farrell
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Amanda Duff
Juli Peronni
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June Gale
Annie Qualen
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Edward Norris
Louie Peronni
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Henry Armetta
Guiseppi Peronni
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Frank Reicher
Dr. Shumaker
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Scotty Beckett
Willie Rogers
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Leona Roberts
Aunt Mamie Qualen
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Rex Downing
Tommy Rogers
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Jimmy Butler
Jim Rogers