Escape from Broadmoor
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Director John Gilling Cinematography Cyril Bristow Genres Short Film, Thriller Country United Kingdom | 5.8/10 IMDb Writer John Gilling Editor Maurice Rootes Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date December 1948 Directors Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Gilling Cast John Stuart (Inspector Thornton), Victoria Hopper (Susan), John Le Mesurier (Pendicot), Frank Hawkins (Roger Trent), Tony Doonan (Jenkins), Gillie Fenwick (Sandy)Similar movies Related Joseph L Mankiewicz movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Escape from Broadmoor is a 1948 British short film featuring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicost, a man escaped from an asylum, who police are hunting down. The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It was the last film appearance of Victoria Hopper who had been a prominent leading lady in the 1930s.
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An insane killer escapes from Broadmoor Hospital, and returns to the scene of a decade old crime, where the ghost of a servant girl he killed is bent on revenge.
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