Escape to Glory (1940)
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
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Cast
- Pat O'Brien — Mike Farrough
- Constance Bennett — Christine Blaine
- John Halliday — John Morgan
- Alan Baxter — Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross
- Erwin Kalser — Dr. Adolph Behrens
- Edgar Buchanan — Charles Atterbee
- Frank Sully — Tommy Malone
- Marjorie Gateson — Mrs. Winslow
- Francis Pierlot — Professor Mudge
- Jessie Busley — Mrs. Mudge
- Melville Cooper — Ship's Mate Penney
- Stanley Logan — Captain James P. Hollister
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