Escape by Night

Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.

Cast

William Hall

as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen

Anne Nagel

as Linda Adams

Dean Jagger

as James 'Capper' Regan

Steffi Duna

as Josephine 'Jo' Elliott

Ward Bond

as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker

Murray Alper

as Horace 'Red' Graham

Charles Waldron

as Pop Adams

George Meeker

as Fred Peters

Wallis Clark

as District Attorney Baldwin

Arthur Aylesworth

as Sheriff Charlie Thornton

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