Escape Me Never

Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.

Cast

Elisabeth Bergner

as Gemma Jones

Hugh Sinclair

as Sebastian Sanger

Griffith Jones

as Caryl Sanger

Penelope Dudley-Ward

as Fenella McClean

Irene Vanbrugh

as Lady Helen McClean

Leon Quartermaine

as Sir Ivor McClean

Lyn Harding

as Herr Heinrich

Rosalinde Fuller

as Teremtcherva

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