Port of Escape

Port of Escape is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Anthony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and Joan Hickson. The screenplay concerns two sailors, one Australian and one American, who are kicked off their ship when it docks in London and are involved in a fight outside a dockside bar leading to a man's death. They go on the run and hide on a barge that belongs to three women. The two men plan to travel to Missouri, the home state of the American, but not all goes to plan.