Escape by Night (also known as Fool's Paradise[1]) is a 1937 American film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring William Hall and Anne Nagel.

Members of the Capper gang rent a room from a blind man and his daughter and help them restore their farm.

Another member of their gang arrives and orders their return, leading to a conflict.

"[2] The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "A swell little cops and robbers picture, with an out-of-the-ordinary story.

It is well acted, moves rapidly, and a tightly written script makes the improbable theme – regeneration of crooks by farm life – seem believable. ...