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You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
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Roy Chanslor (story)
Fred Niblo Jr. (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 October 1942 (USA) more
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When Laurie goes to the execution of Varney and faints, she does not know that Varney gets a full pardon minutes before he fries... more | add synopsis
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Wonderful 'B' feature more (3 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | George Brent | ... | Steve Mitchell |
 | Brenda Marshall | ... | Laurie Abbott |
 | Gene Lockhart | ... | Carl Robelink |
| Roscoe Karns | ... | 'Mac' McTurk |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... | Boss Greer |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Major Turner |
| Edith Barrett | ... | Madame Lucille |
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77 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #8498) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
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Director of photographer James Van Trees was given on-screen credit when he substituted for 'Tony Gaudio (I)', who had a bad case of flu. more
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Remake of Love Is on the Air (1937) more
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Night And Day more
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You Can't Escape Forever is an odd duck: it's a bottom of the bill second feature that successfully blends comedy, romance, gangsters, and old dark house thrills. George Brent plays the crusading editor of a local paper out to put the kibosh on the activities of a local black marketeer, played to absolute perfection by Edward Cianelli, surely one of the least appreciated heavies of Hollywood history. Brent is aided by lady love/gal reporter Brenda Marshall and comic foil Roscoe Karns, and the film manages to take in a trip to the Death House, a deserted columbarium, and a lonely hearts club apparently modeled after Conan Doyle's Red Headed League. There are some very well choreographed action sequences and beautiful cinematography by James Van Trees and Tony Gaudio, the masters of low budget photography. If you like 'B' features, you will be more than satisfied with You Can't Escape Forever--even if the title seems somewhat inappropriate considering that villain Varney (Joe Downing), in an apparent oversight by Joseph Breen's office, actually DOES escape the chair!