The Escape (1944 film)
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Director Norman Foster Music director Manuel Esperon Language Spanish | 6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Drama, War Duration Country Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Guy de Maupassant , Betty Cromwell Release date 5 July 1944 Screenplay Norman Foster, Betty Cromwell Cast Esther Fernández (Maria Ines Flores), Ricardo Montalban (Teniente), Carlos Orellana (Neftali), Estela Inda (Condesa de la Cadena)Similar movies Maria Candelaria (1944), The Fugitive (1947), The Young One (1960), Pueblerina (1949), The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Escape (Spanish:La fuga ) is a 1944 Mexican historical adventure film directed by Norman Foster and starring Esther Fernandez, Ricardo Montalban and Carlos Orellana. It is based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant. The sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Fernandez's success in the film secured her a contract from the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures.
The film is set during the French Intervention in Mexico. As the Republican forces of Benito Juarez close in on Mexico City, a group of pro-Imperial supporters flee on a stagecoach to the port city of Veracruz.
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