The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Basil DeanDirector
- Ernest IrvingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gerald du MaurierCaptain Matt Denant
- Mabel PoultonThe Girl in Hyde Park
- Ian HunterWilliam Brown, the Plainclothesman
- Gordon HarkerConvict 272
- Edna BestThe Gentlewoman In Bed
- Horace HodgesThe Gentleman at Stream-side
- Lewis CassonLandowner Browning
- Madeleine CarrollDora
- Marie NeyGrace, Dora's sister
- Austin TrevorThe Vicar
- Felix AylmerThe Prison Governor
- Jean CadellThe Picnic Woman
Stills
Themes
prisonerescapefugitivehuntingfox hunt