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      Escape From Crime

      1942 1h 0m Crime Drama List
      Reviews Red O'Hara (Richard Travis) serves a prison sentence after being framed by Dude Merrill (Paul Fix). Once he's released, he seeks out a job as a news photographer. Although papers are hesitant to hire an ex-convict, he catches a break when he's at the scene of a bank robbery and snaps some pictures. He's hired by Cornell (Frank Wilcox) and begins specializing in crime-scene photos. When he gets wind of a job Merrill is planning to pull, he sees his big chance for both revenge and respectability. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A feel-good standard crime drama about an ex-con who goes straight and gets a fresh start in life as a rogue newspaper photographer. Rated: B- Jul 3, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member This fast paced, low budget film, directed by D.(David) Ross Lederman, delivers a fun to watch, interesting story (albeit with a few obvious flaws typical to the budget, schedule & times.) Lederman cranks out a movie that is far more satisfying than the 60 minute run time would lead you to expect. He makes great use of the resources he has & keeps the plot moving with a terse and spare narrative. Richard Travis (born: William B. Justice) plays the lead, as Ross O'Hare, with a roughness believable from someone who has grown up on the streets in a tough, poor, neighborhood. He demonstrates the comraderie and solidarity of kids grown up the hard way with his "best friend," Slim Dugan. This friendship remains a staple of the plot. Though there isn't any time wasted on maudlin sorrow or sympathy for either character. Mr. Travis, while keeping the toughness also displays an innocence found only in those who although grown up around law breakers, have yet to actually break the law himself. Travis as the character also clearly demonstrates his loss of belief in the gangster way of life, after serving time in prison for a crime committed when he was miles away in another part of town, but unable to prove. After this incident, he shows the appropriate disillusion in his supposed buddies, who could have saved him if they believed in the solidarity they espoused. I really found Richard Travis believable and likeable in this movie. I've seen him before opposite Betty Davis in The Man Who Came To Dinner. It demonstrates the acting talent that was wasted and ignored during the Studio System, that this man didn't become a famous or well known actor. He delivers a very credible performance in a movie that due to budget & time constraints, failed to explain why this man suddenly gets a parole after only a year or so in prison, or how in the end, big, shoot out scenes, the windows get pierced but don't fall to pieces despite massive police numbers shooting at those windows. But these are little things, easy to overlook in this fast paced, tense story, where you aren't sure what's going to happen until it actually does. The surprise in this movie is... well, that would spoil it. But I expected our ex-con trying to go straight, to end up back in prison or maybe that's what I was afraid of happening. It certainly keeps you guessing to the end. I enjoyed this quite a lot and will look to watch it again & again. The masterful touch of Lederman directing, in spite of the budget and scheduling deficit, make you stay with the action & not quibble over a few faults. The acting of Mr Travis and the female lead (as Mrs. O'Hare) was great for such a crank-it-out style film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member ok remake but I prefer the original 1933 version called "Picture Snatcher" Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Red O'Hara (Richard Travis) serves a prison sentence after being framed by Dude Merrill (Paul Fix). Once he's released, he seeks out a job as a news photographer. Although papers are hesitant to hire an ex-convict, he catches a break when he's at the scene of a bank robbery and snaps some pictures. He's hired by Cornell (Frank Wilcox) and begins specializing in crime-scene photos. When he gets wind of a job Merrill is planning to pull, he sees his big chance for both revenge and respectability.
      Director
      D. Ross Lederman
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 0m