You Can't Escape

1956 British film by Wilfred Eades

  • 1956 (1956) (01)
Running time
77 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

You Can't Escape is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wilfred Eades and starring Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe and Robert Urquhart.[2][3] It is based on the 1938 novel She Died Young by Alan Kennington.

Plot

Rising novelist, Peter Darwin, has a row with former mistress Claire, and accidentally kills her. He somehow manages to persuades his reluctant fiancé Kay to help him bury Claire's body in a wood. But when the body is found, and a blackmailing journalist appears on the scene, Darwin resorts to desperate measures to cover his tracks, including framing an innocent person.

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
  • Thorley Walters as Chadwick
  • Wensley Pithey as Constable Wagstaff
  • Edward Forsyth as Colonel Tripp
  • Barbara Leake as Mrs. Trussler
  • as Meadows
  • Sam Kydd as poacher (Ted)
  • Hal Osmond as poacher's friend
  • Victor Platt as darts player
  • Arthur Gross as bystander
  • Noel Coleman as official
  • Robert Cawdron as pugilist
  • Maureen Connell as 1st peasant blouse
  • Sally Bazely as 2nd peasant blouse
  • Alec Finter as foreman of the jury

Release

It was released as an 'A' certificate. Though filmed in 1.33:1, it was also framed in 1.66:1 for any theatre that had the equipment to exhibit widescreen films.

Critical reception

TV Guide concluded there was "Nothing much to get excited about."[4]

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."[5]

Blueprint Review wrote, "Despite its rather stagey tone You Can’t Escape remains a fun example of British B-movies from that era."[6]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "You Can't Escape". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ "You Can't Escape (1956)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  4. ^ "You Can't Escape".
  5. ^ "myReviewer.com - Review for You Can't Escape".
  6. ^ "You Can't Escape". 24 July 2015.
  • You Can't Escape at IMDb
  • You Can't Escape then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets


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