Escape 1940  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova, Felix Bressart, Albert Bassermann, Philip Dorn, Bonita Granville, Edgar Barrier, Blanche Yurka
This is Ethel Vance's bestseller brought to the screen. It is the story about a young man who uses the mistress of a Nazi general to sneak his mother out of a concentration camp.
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Escape 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland, Betty Ann Davies, Jill Esmond, Frederick Piper, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Marjorie Rhodes
Rex Harrison plays the role of a former RAF commander who is sent to prison unjustly–in his opinion. This is a gripping tale of how he comes to terms with himself.
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Escape from Sobibor 1987  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Escape
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer, Harmut Becker, Jack Shepherd, Emil Wolk, Simon Gregor, Linal Haft, Jason Norman, Robert Gwilym, Eli Nathenson, Kurt Raab, Eric P. Caspar, Hugo Bower, Klaus Grunberg
During World War II, Jewish death camp prisoners at Sobibor plot an against-all-odds escape from their Nazi captors. There are 600 inmates, almost 300 escape, and many would later be recaptured and killed. But, their decision–considering whether or not to reduce themselves to killers–to fight against the Nazis does result in the Nazis closing the death camp and planting a forest in its place. The film is based on a true story.
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The McKenzie Break 1970 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Escape
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson, Patrick O'Connell, Gregg Palmer, Horst Janson, Noel Purcell, Alexander Allerson, John Abineri
World War I German POWs plan a daring escape from their camp in Scotland. This story makes for good drama and a very interesting film.
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|  | | Escape (1980) |
| | Escape (1940) |
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| Oscar: Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930) |
| | Escape (1948) |
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| Oscar: Best Director for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) |
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| Oscar: Best Actor for My Fair Lady (1964) |
| | Escape from Sobibor (1987) |
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| Oscar: Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine (2006) |
| | The McKenzie Break (1970) |
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