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Escape

Name: Escape
Duration: 30 min

Thomas Farley

1956 | 30 min

This film indulges in some playful lampooning of the self-deluding tactics of the escape artist. A glib-tongued exponent of escapism, delivering a public lecture, illustrates his contentions with filmed episodes that show how clever people are at running away from reality. The mirror he holds up for us reflects some familiar faces; not our own, of course, but of people we all know.

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Credits

director

Thomas Farley
producer

Julian Biggs
script

Gordon Burwash
photography

Donald Wilder
sound

Claude Pelletier
editing

Donald Ginsberg
sound editing

Stuart Baker
cast

Ivor Barry

Lew Davidson

Violet Bussy

Jeffrey Brunner

Paul Arno

John McLeod Stewart

Nancy West

Olive de Wilton

Griffith Brewer

Ned Conlon

Norma Springford

Henry Ramer

Ena Gillespie

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