You Can't Escape
You Can't Escape is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wilfred Eades and starring Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe and Robert Urquhart.[2]
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Directed by | Wilfred Eades |
Produced by | Robert Hall |
Written by | Robert Hall Doreen Montgomery |
Based on | She Died Young by Alan Kennington[1] |
Starring | Noelle Middleton Guy Rolfe Robert Urquhart Peter Reynolds |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Cinematography | Norman Warwick |
Edited by | E.B. Jarvis |
Production company | Forth Films |
Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé Ltd. (U.K.) |
Release date | 1956 |
Running time | 77 mins. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Plot
Rising novelist Peter Darwin (Robert Urquhart) has a row with former mistress Claire (Elizabeth Kentish), and accidentally kills her. He somehow manages to persuades his reluctant fiancé Kay (Noelle Middleton) to help him bury Claire's body in a wood. But when the body is found and a blackmailing journalist (Peter Reynolds) appears on the scene, Darwin resorts to desperate measures to cover his tracks, including framing innocent people.
Cast
- Noelle Middleton as Kay March
- Guy Rolfe as David Anstruther
- Robert Urquhart as Peter Darwin
- Peter Reynolds as Rodney Nixon
- Elizabeth Kentish as Claire Segar
- Barbara Cavan as Aunt Sue
- Martin Boddey as Inspector Crane
- Thorley Walters as Chadwick
- Jacqueline Mackenzie as Mrs. Baggerley
Critical reception
TV Guide concluded there was "Nothing much to get excited about";[3] while My Reviewer found the film "full of action from the off and whilst it all feels a little dated now, it has a certain old school charm – like the very best of ITC shows from back in the day";[4] and Blueprint Review wrote, "Despite its rather stagey tone You Can’t Escape remains a fun example of British B-movies from that era."[5]
References
- Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- "You Can't Escape (1956)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- "You Can't Escape".
- "myReviewer.com - Review for You Can't Escape".
- http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2015/07/you-cant-escape/