There Is No Escape
There is No Escape | |
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Directed by | Alfred J. Goulding |
Starring | Stanley Thurston (as "Charles Stuart") |
Production company |
Hammer Films Marylebone Production |
Distributed by |
Exclusive Films (UK) Screen Guild Productions (US) |
Release date | 1948 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | ₤20,000[1] |
There is No Escape, also known as The Dark Road and The Thurston Story, is a 1948 British film from Hammer Films.
It was Michael Ripper's first appearance in a Hammer Film.[2]
The film was based on the career of criminal Stanley Thurston, who appeared in the cast as a character based on himself. Thurston was famous for his numerous escapes from prison, 5 times in 15 years.[3] He was released from prison in October 1946.[4][5]
The film had trouble with the British censors who thought the film glamorised a real life criminal. Thurston had to be billed as "Charles Stuart."[6][7]
James Carreras said, "The picture already has official police approval. I have done everything to show that crime is a mug's game. Thurston is the only non-professional actor in the film. All he asked was £10 a week to cover expenses. At the end of the film he turns to the audience and tells them that a criminal life just isn't worth the candle, especially when guns are brought into crime. He made such a good job of the picture that I had him listed for a racing story on his merits as an actor. That plan will now have to be shelved."[1]
The film was shot at Marylebone Studios.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Action To Ban Film Showing Gaol-Breaker". Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate (22, 060). New South Wales, Australia. 17 June 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Jones, D. (2000, Jul 05). Hammer horror film star dies aged 87. Evening Mail Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/323321614?accountid=13902
- ↑ "Gaol-Breaker Makes Film". Sunday Times (Perth) (2569). Western Australia. 18 May 1947. p. 12 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUNDAY TIMES). Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CRIMINAL AS SCREEN STAR". The Sunday Mail (892). Queensland, Australia. 25 May 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Robber's Two Months In West End". The Mail (Adelaide). 28, (1, 447). South Australia. 17 February 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Meikle, Dennis (2008). A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer. Scarecrow Press. p. 5.
- ↑ http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/stanley-thurston.htm
- ↑ Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 73.
External links
- There Is No Escape on IMDb
- The Dark Road at BFI