Escape Route is a 1952 British black-and-white second feature[1] thriller film, directed by Seymour Friedman and Peter Graham Scott, and starring George Raft, Sally Gray and Clifford Evans.

An American, Steve Rossi, enters Britain by slipping past immigration at Heathrow Airport, leading to a national manhunt by the police led by Scotland Yard.

Grand is finally revealed when Max, another taxi driver, informs him of what he has seen both at the burning car and near the mortuary.

Rossi dons a naval uniform and tails Grand on foot through empty streets in the city, leaving a chalk trail of markers for Joan to follow.

[citation needed] Monthly Film Bulletin said "This is a poor imitation of an American type second-feature thriller, lacking originality, punch and even credibility, and ending with a near-ludicrous chase through deserted dockland.

"[5] Kine Weekly said "The picture takes the longest route to its spectacular ending, but budding romance helps to colour the padding.

Towards the end there is a sensational sequence in which two charred bodies are discovered in a burnt-out car and this sets the mood for the big scrap climax, and rovides additional compensation for rambling reliminaries.

"[6] The Los Angeles Times said the film was "so mysterious" the filmmakers "almost succeeded in keeping the story to themselves.

One of the handful of films Raft made in Europe after his Hollywood fortunes dipped, it's a lightweight affair.