''Escape to Danger'' is a 1943 British
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
directed by
Lance Comfort and
Victor Hanbury and starring
Eric Portman,
Ann Dvorak
Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress.
Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...
and
Karel Stepanek.
Plot
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
a British schoolteacher working in
Denmark
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...
is caught up when the Germans invade.
Cast
*
Eric Portman as Arthur Lawrence
*
Ann Dvorak
Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress.
Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...
as Joan Grahame
*
Karel Stepanek as Franz von Brinkman
*
Ronald Ward as Rupert Chessman
*
Ronald Adam
General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, (30 October 1885 – 26 December 1982) was a senior British Army officer. He had an important influence on the conduct of the British Army during the Second World War as a result of his long tenure ...
as George Merrick
*
Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby.
Early ...
as Sir Alfred Horton
*
Brefni O'Rorke as Security Officer
*
A. E. Matthews
Alfred Edward Matthews (22 November 186925 July 1960), known as A. E. Matthews, was an English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades. Already middle-aged when films began production, he enjoyed inc ...
as Sir Thomas Leighton
*
Ivor Barnard as Henry Waud
*
David Peel as Lt. Peter Leighton
*
Charles Victor as Petty Officer Flanagan
*
George Merritt as Works Manager
*
Marjorie Rhodes
Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's play '' All in Good Time''. S ...
as Mrs. Pickles
*
John Ruddock as Jim
* Frederick Cooper as Gösta
Critical reception
''
TV Guide
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'' wrote, "WW II espionage tale was timely for its day but has dated."
References
External links
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1943 films
1940s spy thriller films
British spy thriller films
Films directed by Lance Comfort
Films directed by Victor Hanbury
Films set in Denmark
World War II films made in wartime
Films about Danish resistance movement
British black-and-white films
Films scored by William Alwyn
Films with screenplays by Jack Whittingham
Films with screenplays by Patrick Kirwan
1940s English-language films
1940s British films
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