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Escape
UNITED STATES · 1948

Escape

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
fugitive on the run crime and redemption romantic partnership police pursuit wrongful conviction
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Synopsis

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.

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