''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

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and

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. The film was also known as ''No Escape'' and

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was meant to star, and Frances Farmer also in a uncredited role, and George McFarland of the Our Gang fame as Billy. Frances Farmer started filming but was accused of assaulting a hairdresser, and forced to leave the set.

Plot

Torgut Lane (

) 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

as Torgut Lane *

as Fritz Martin - Gestapo Agent *

as Helen * William Henry as Gordon - Gestapo Agent (as Bill Henry) * Sidney Blackmer as Bergen *

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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 Norman David Willis (21 January 1933 – 7 June 2014) was the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom from 1984 to 1993, and President of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) from 1991 to 1993. Li ...

as FBI Chief Rodt *

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as Olin * George McFarland as Billy *

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as Hart Rest of cast listed alphabetically: * Frances Farmer as (montage sequence) (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1943 films American mystery films Films directed by Harold Young (director) World War II films made in wartime Monogram Pictures films 1943 mystery films American black-and-white films {{mystery-film-stub