The Escape (1939)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 1939-10-06
Director: Ricardo Cortez
Writers: Robert Ellis , Helen Logan
Language: English
Stars: Kane Richmond , Amanda Duff , June Gale , Edward Norris , Henry Armetta , Frank Reicher , Scotty Beckett , Leona Roberts , Rex Downing , Jimmy Butler
Runtime: 63 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Fuga (Brazil) , La fuga (Mexico) , The Escape (United Kingdom) , The Escape , Eastside, Westside (United States of America) , The Escape (United States of America) , East Side, West Side (United States of America)
Plot: An embittered Louie Peronni (Edward Norris) returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni (Amanda Duff), is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell (Kane Richmond), and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen (June Gale) 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 (Henry Armetta) 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. Annie informs Louie that the kidnapped child is really their own and was adopted from the foundling home.
IMDB:tt0031279