You Can't Escape

You Can't Escape
U.S. poster
Directed byWilfred Eades
Written byRobert Hall
Doreen Montgomery
Based onShe Died Young by Alan Kennington[1]
Produced byRobert Hall
StarringNoelle Middleton
Guy Rolfe
Robert Urquhart
Peter Reynolds
CinematographyNorman Warwick
Edited byE.B. Jarvis
Music byCharles Williams
Production
company
Forth Films
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé
Release date
  • 20 February 1956 (1956-02-20)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

You Can't Escape is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wilfred Eades and starring Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe and Robert Urquhart.[2][3] It is based on the 1938 novel She Died Young by Alan Kennington.[4]

Plot

Rising novelist, Peter Darwin, has a row with former mistress Claire, and accidentally kills her. He somehow manages to persuades his reluctant fiancé Kay to help him bury Claire's body in a wood. But when the body is found, and a blackmailing journalist appears on the scene, Darwin resorts to desperate measures to cover his tracks, including framing an innocent person.

Cast

Release

It was released as an 'A' certificate. Though filmed in 1.33:1, it was also framed in 1.66:1 for any theatre that had the equipment to exhibit widescreen films.

Critical reception

TV Guide concluded there was "Nothing much to get excited about."[5]

My Reviewer found the film "full of action from the off and whilst it all feels a little dated now, it has a certain old school charm – like the very best of ITC shows from back in the day."[6]

Blueprint Review wrote, "Despite its rather stagey tone You Can’t Escape remains a fun example of British B-movies from that era."[7]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "You Can't Escape". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ "You Can't Escape (1956)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (11 November 2024). "Peter Reynolds: Forgotten Cad". Filmink. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ^ "You Can't Escape".
  6. ^ "myReviewer.com - Review for You Can't Escape".
  7. ^ "You Can't Escape". 24 July 2015.


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