Escape from Broadmoor

Escape from Broadmoor
Directed by John Gilling
Produced by Harry Reynolds
Starring John Stuart
Victoria Hopper
John Le Mesurier
Cinematography Cyril Bristow
Edited by Maurice Rootes
Distributed by Grand National Pictures (British)
Release date
December 1948
Running time
38 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

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.[1] 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354553/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Escape from Broadmoor: Cast & Crew". Microsoft. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
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