Escapade 1955
Escapade
An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.
An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.
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Full Cast & Crew... John Hampden
... Mrs. Stella Hampden
... Dr. Skillingworth
... L. W. Daventry
... Max Hampden
PA
Peter Asher... Johnny Hampden
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See All 1 Reviews14 Nov 2022 by CinemaSerf
This is quite a fun little gem stolen, as usual, by Alastair Sim as the headmaster "Dr. Skillingworth". This time, though, he is not in his "St. Trinians" guise - here he has to manage three typically mischievous brothers who have a grand design. That plan is not so much anti-education, but aimed at their ever rowing parents: pacifist John Mills and the kindly, but at the end of her tether Yvonne Mitchell whose marriage appears to be teetering on the edge of divorce. It's quite a clever premiss - do parents who send their kids away to school gain or lose from their respective experiences? Mills isn't up to much, sadly - he over-acts the role, but the boys do well as does their pal "L.W. Hartley" (Jeremy Spenser) and Colin Gordon's meddling journalist "Deeson". I hadn't heard of this until yesterday, but I'm glad I watched it.
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Release Date:
Aug 05, 1955 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 27`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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This is quite a fun little gem stolen, as usual, by Alastair Sim as the headmaster "Dr. Skillingworth". This time, though, he is not in his "St. Trinians" guise - here he has to manage three typically mischievous brothers who have a grand design. That plan is not so much anti-education, but aimed at their ever rowing parents: pacifist John Mills and the kindly, but at the end of her tether Yvonne Mitchell whose marriage appears to be teetering on the edge of divorce. It's quite a clever premiss - do parents who send their kids away to school gain or lose from their respective experiences? Mills isn't up to much, sadly - he over-acts the role, but the boys do well as does their pal "L.W. Hartley" (Jeremy Spenser) and Colin Gordon's meddling journalist "Deeson". I hadn't heard of this until yesterday, but I'm glad I watched it.
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Escapade
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... John Hampden
... Mrs. Stella Hampden
... Dr. Skillingworth
... L. W. Daventry
... Max Hampden
PA
Peter Asher... Johnny Hampden
... Grandmother
... Miss Betts
... Kirkland