Escape from Broadmoor
1948 British film
- December 1948 (1948-12)
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Escape from Broadmoor is a 1948 British short film featuring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicost, a man escaped from an asylum, whom police are hunting down.[1] The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It was the last film appearance of Victoria Hopper who had been a prominent leading lady in the 1930s.
Plot
An insane killer escapes from Broadmoor Hospital, and returns to the scene of a decade old crime, where the ghost of a servant girl he killed is bent on revenge.
Cast
- John Stuart as Inspector Thornton[2]
- Victoria Hopper as Susan[2]
- John Le Mesurier as Pendicost[2]
- Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent[2]
- Tony Doonan as Jenkins[2]
- Gillie Fenwick as Sandy
References
- ^ "Escape from Broadmoor". IMDb.
- ^ a b c d e "Escape from Broadmoor: Cast & Crew". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
External links
- Escape from Broadmoor at IMDb
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Films directed by John Gilling
- Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
- A Matter of Murder (1949)
- No Trace (1950)
- The Quiet Woman (1951)
- The Frightened Man (1952)
- Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
- The Voice of Merrill (1952)
- Deadly Nightshade (1953)
- Recoil (1953)
- Escape by Night (1953)
- Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
- Destination Milan (1954)
- Double Exposure (1954)
- The Embezzler (1954)
- The Gilded Cage (1955)
- Tiger by the Tail (1955)
- Odongo (1956)
- The Gamma People (1956)
- Interpol (1957)
- High Flight (1957)
- The Man Inside (1958)
- Idol on Parade (1959)
- The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
- The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
- The Challenge (1960)
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
- The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
- The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
- Panic (1963)
- The Scarlet Blade (1963)
- The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
- The Night Caller (1965)
- Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
- The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
- The Reptile (1966)
- The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
- La cruz del diablo (1975)
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