Escape! (film)

Whilst fishing he is approached by another gentleman (Horace Hodges) who realises Denant's identity and, reflecting on the case, offers him a cigar and "winks the other eye".

He is again discovered but evades the workers, eventually making his way into an upper-class home where he is again protected, this time by two girls named Dora (Madeleine Carroll) and Grace (Marie Ney).

The parson (Austin Trevor) distracts the surrounding policemen, but rather than let the vicar break his honour and lie to the inspector, Denant reveals himself and surrenders.

The vicar shakes Denant's hand as he is led away, reflecting that he was a "fine" and "loyal" fellow who had committed a noble act of martyrdom.

RKO and RCA technicians were dispatched to England to demonstrate to British crews how to set up sound recording equipment on location shoots.

[5] Dean knew this presented a major opportunity to demonstrate to the American studios that prestigious films could be produced in England, setting to work on engaging a high-profile cast with experience of the theatre.

The cast included Madeleine Carroll who would later become the world's highest-paid actress, George Curzon in his first film role, and Sir Lewis Casson in a rare on-screen credit.

to showcase England's picturesque scenery, with shoots arranged for Hyde Park Corner, a variety of locations around Dartmoor, and hunting scenes filmed in the village of Wansford.

[7] The Hyde Park night shoot attracted controversy, as Dean arranged to use amateur extras to populate the busy scenes rather than pay an excess for professional artists.

[8] The first attempt to film the Hyde Park scenes were compromised when Dean tried to record the music of the Welsh Guards band whom he had engaged for this purpose.

[10] Kinematograph Weekly believed the film was technically "flawless", acknowledging that Dean has worked hard to make the picture a success, with "imagination and good camera consciousness".

However, it also noted that, though du Maurier's performance was "polished", he was "rather stilted and inclined to put too much stress on the sportsmanship, nobility, and breeding of the character that he interprets".