Escape! Episodes of the radio program on film!
by dusky-1 | created - 04 Sep 2012 | updated - 04 Sep 2012 | PublicA list of stories dramatized on Escape (1947-54) in the various versions they appeared as in film and TV. (this list does not include Robert of Huntington or the Voyages of Sinbad; Robin Hood & Sinbad have each been dramatized numerous times, but I'm unaware of versions similar to the radio episodes)
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1. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,224
Pilot episode of Escape: March 21, 1947 (one segment only).
2.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
The Man Who Would Be King
(1950)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Robert Stevens | Star: Francis L. Sullivan
Escape: July 7, 1947
3. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 52,058
Escape: July 7, 1947
4.
Your Show Time (1949)
Episode:
The Sire de Maletroit's Door
(1949)
Drama
Stars: Arthur Shields, Morris Carnovsky, Dan O'Herlihy, Allene Roberts
Escape: August 4, 1947
5.
Starlight Theatre (1950–1951)
Episode:
The Sire de Maletroit's Door
(1950)
Drama
Stars: Leon Askin, Mary Sinclair, Morton Stevens, Douglass Watson
Escape: August 4, 1947
6.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Sire de Maletroit's Door
(1951)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Richard Goode | Stars: Joel Ashley, Andrew Bernard, Frank Boylan, John Cassavetes
Escape: August 4, 1947
7.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Sire de Maletroit's Door
(1951)
Drama
Stars: Alan Wheatley, Robin Lloyd, Josephine Griffin, Geoffrey Barrie
Escape: August 4, 1947
8. The Strange Door (1951)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Thriller
Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley
Votes: 1,259
Escape: August 4, 1947 ("the Sire de Maletroit's Door")
9. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
PG-13 | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.
Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 14,016 | Gross: $0.97M
Escape: October 1, 1947
10. A Game of Death (1945)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure
A remake of Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: John Loder, Audrey Long, Edgar Barrier, Russell Wade
Votes: 449
Escape: October 1, 1947 ("the Most Dangerous Game")
11. The Dangerous Game (1953)
7 min | Short
As in Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," the deranged Count Zaroff (Joe Marzano) hunts human beings for sport on his remote island.
Director: Joseph Marzano | Star: Joseph Marzano
Escape: October 1, 1947 ("the Most Dangerous Game")
12. Run for the Sun (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Thriller
In Central America, an action-adventure novelist and a journalist for a magazine find themselves at the mercy of Nazi war criminals.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer, Peter van Eyck
Votes: 1,517
Escape: October 1, 1947 ("the Most Dangerous Game")
13. Bloodlust! (1961)
Approved | 68 min | Horror, Thriller
A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport.
Director: Ralph Brooke | Stars: Wilton Graff, June Kenney, Walter Brooke, Robert Reed
Votes: 2,588
Escape: October 1, 1947 ("the Most Dangerous Game")
14. The Woman Hunt (1972)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig, Charlene Jones
Votes: 200
Escape: October 1, 1947 ("the Most Dangerous Game")
15. Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987)
R | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the future, two slaves in a distant galaxy escape prison and crash-land on a strange planet. They meet Zed, whose hospitality attempts to hide the fact they are to be hunted for sport.
Director: Ken Dixon | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, Cindy Beal, Don Scribner, Brinke Stevens
Votes: 2,338
Escape: October 1, 1947 ("the Most Dangerous Game")
16. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
Director: Jean Epstein | Stars: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
Votes: 4,504
Escape: October 22, 1947
17. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Unrated | 13 min | Short, Horror
An avant-garde take on Poe's classic story of a traveller taking shelter at a household under a mysterious curse.
Directors: James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber | Stars: Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak
Votes: 1,434
Escape: October 22, 1947
18. The Fall of the House of Usher (1950)
TV-14 | 70 min | Horror
1950. Horror. A traveller arrives at Usher mansion to visit his friend Roderick (Kaye Tendeter) and discovers that Roderick and his sister (Gwen Watford) have been inflicted with a strange disease.
Director: Ivan Barnett | Stars: Gwen Watford, Kaye Tendeter, Irving Steen, Vernon Charles
Votes: 570
Escape: October 22, 1947
19.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
The Fall of the House of Usher
(1949)
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
What dark secrets are kept in the moldering house of the Usher family?
Director: Kingman T. Moore | Stars: Stephen Courtleigh, Helmut Dantine, Jack La Rue, Oswald Marshall
Escape: October 22, 1947
20.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
The Fall of the House of Usher
(1956)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: John Conte, Tom Tryon, Marshall Thompson, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 16
Escape: October 22, 1947
21. House of Usher (1960)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 15,449 | Gross: $3.16M
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
22.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Fall of the House of Usher
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conflict with her neurotic brother.
Director: Kim Mills | Stars: David Buck, Susannah York, Denholm Elliott, Mary Miller
Votes: 36
Escape: October 22, 1947
23. Satanás de todos los horrores (1974)
73 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A traveler arrives at the Gerard mansion to visit his old friend, Eric Gerard. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Eric and his sister, Isabel, have been afflicted with a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Enrique Lizalde, Enrique Rocha, Carlos López Moctezuma, Illya Shanell
Votes: 43
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
24. Short Story Showcase: The Fall of the House of Usher (1976)
30 min | Short, Drama
At the urgent request of his friend Roderick Usher, a man journeys to the strange House of Usher but becomes enmeshed in the darkness that threatens to destroy not only the last remaining family members but also the very house itself.
Director: Guerdon Trueblood | Stars: Clifford David, Michael MacRae, Logan Ramsey, Lucien Scott
Votes: 9
Escape: October 22, 1947
25. The Fall of the House of Usher (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror
It is the year 1839. Architect Jonathan Criswell receives a letter from his old friend Roderick Usher asking Jonathan to come and see him. Arriving along with his newlywed wife Jennifer, ... See full summary »
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Martin Landau, Charlene Tilton, Ray Walston, Robert Hays
Votes: 226
Escape: October 22, 1947
26.
Histoires extraordinaires (1981)
Episode:
La chute de la maison Usher
(1981)
58 min
After a long journey, Alain arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Astruc | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Mathieu Carrière, Pierre Clémenti, Jacques Dacqmine
Votes: 45
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
27. The Fall of the House of Usher (1982)
15 min | Animation, Short, Horror
In this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a mysterious family curse: The brother's ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Star: Petr Cepek
Votes: 794
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
28. Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A young doctor visits the secluded home of his ailing mentor - Eric Usher - who believes the house itself is alive and plotting to drive him insane, manifesting itself through ghostly apparitions.
Directors: Jesús Franco, Olivier Mathot | Stars: Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Lina Romay, Fata Morgana
Votes: 573
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
29. The House of Usher (1989)
R | 92 min | Horror
An engaged couple going to the man's uncle's house get into a car accident. The woman becomes trapped in the house with deranged residents and weird happenings.
Director: Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Oliver Reed, Donald Pleasence, Romy Walthall, Rufus Swart
Votes: 832
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
30. La chute de la maison Usher (1992)
29 min | Short
A traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Julian Ghens | Stars: Carine François, Isabelle Hubert, Claudine Laroche
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
31.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1995)
Episode:
The Fall of the House of Usher
(1995)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
Director: James Ryan | Stars: Jeremy Crutchley, Graham Hopkins, Kruno Simon, Christopher Lee
Votes: 10
Escape: October 22, 1947
32. Usher (2000)
Not Rated | 37 min | Short, Horror
Young writer Truman Jones travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher. He is seeking wisdom from an aging poet at his creepy mansion.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Sean Nepita, Fabrice Uzan, Curtis Harrington, Renate Druks
Votes: 219
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
33. The House of Usher (2006)
R | 81 min | Drama, Thriller
Sinister thriller based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic story. Jill uncovers a terrifying secret at the funeral of her best friend who disappeared years earlier and whose twin brother was Jill's lover.
Director: Hayley Cloake | Stars: Austin Nichols, Izabella Miko, Beth Grant, Stephen Fischer
Votes: 755
Escape: October 22, 1947 ("the Fall of the House of Usher")
34.
ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode:
Evening Primrose
(1966)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader's young maid.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Charmian Carr
Votes: 288
Escape: November 5, 1947
35. The Suicide Club (1909)
4 min | Short, Comedy
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Barry O'Moore, Violet Mersereau, Charles Avery, Charles Craig
Votes: 17
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
36. The Mysterious Club (1913)
40 min | Short, Mystery
Reluctant to believe that his brother has committed suicide, Gerhard Bern travels to Rotterdam with a detective, and helped by the consul and his charming daughter Ilse he'll try to find ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Delmont | Stars: Fred Sauer, Ilse Bois, Joseph Delmont
Votes: 61
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
37. The Suicide Club (1914)
40 min | Short, Drama
A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Montagu Love, Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves, M. Gray Murray
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
38. Eerie Tales (1919)
112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, Hugo Döblin
Votes: 660
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
39. The Living Dead (1932)
89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Paul Wegener, Maria Koppenhöfer, Blandine Ebinger, Eugen Klöpfer
Votes: 146
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
40. Trouble for Two (1936)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The Crown Prince (Robert Montgomery) is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel (Frank... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen
Votes: 553
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
41. La dama de la muerte (1946)
80 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A 24-year-old young man who loses all his money at the roulette table and decides to commit suicide, when he is interrupted by a mysterious man who invites him to join a suicide club. There... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Carlos Cores, Judith Sulian, Guillermo Battaglia, Juan Corona
Votes: 40
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
42.
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1949)
Drama
Stars: Bramwell Fletcher, Francis L. Sullivan, Oliver Thorndike
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
43.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1950)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Prince Florizel and his cohort, Gerard, masquerade under false identities and hit the city in search of adventure. One night in a bar, they encounter a young man who says he does not wish ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Ralph Bell, Ralph Clanton, Donald Buka, Richard Fraser
Votes: 51
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
44.
Your Favorite Story (1953–1955)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man's thoughts of suicide vanish when he falls in love - but maybe others want him dead.
Star: Adolphe Menjou
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
45.
Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1955)
Drama
In 1900 in London there was a club where wealthy but desperate men who had lost the will to live could gamble - not for gain but for life. One night Prince Florizel drew the ace of spades.
Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: Derrick De Marney, Karel Stepanek, Thomas Heathcote, Carl Bernard
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
46.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A prince and a Colonel, traveling incognito, meet a young man in a bar. When he says he is planning to join a secret organization called the Suicide Club, the prince begs to be taken along.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: John Conte, Kerwin Mathews, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Abbott
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
47.
The Chevy Mystery Show (1960)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1960)
60 min | Mystery
In deep depression, Prince Florizel discovers an organization which helps people to commit suicide. The thing is, they don't like these people to change their minds.
Director: Richard Dunlap | Stars: Vincent Price, Cesar Romero, Everett Sloane, Dan Tobin
Votes: 15
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
48. Curse of the Stone Hand (1965)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror
Compilation of two Chilean titles, the first adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club," the second the tale of younger siblings dominated by their evil elder brother.
Directors: Carlos Hugo Christensen, Jerry Warren, Carlos Schlieper | Stars: Ernesto Vilches, John Carradine, Chela Bon, Carlos Cores
Votes: 177
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
49. El club de los suicidas (1970)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Enrique Guzmán, Pilar Bayona, Enrique Rocha, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 21
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
50.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Prince Florizel of Bohemia discovers a secret club where desperate men gamble with their lives, and vows to bring it to an end.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Alan Dobie, Bernard Archard, Hildegard Neil, David Collings
Votes: 30
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
51. The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) Suicide Club (1974 TV Movie)
120 min | Mystery
A man (Peter Haskell) joins a card game where the stakes are a matter of life and death. Sensing foul play, he persuades a young woman (Margot Kidder) to help him reveal the operator of the game (Joseh Wiseman) as a card cheater.
Director: Bill Glenn | Stars: Peter Haskell, Margot Kidder, E.J. André, George Coulouris
Votes: 7
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
52. Priklyucheniya printsa Florizelya (1979– )
64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The story of the confrontation between Prince Florizel and a cunning and cruel criminal nicknamed the Chairman.
Stars: Oleg Dal, Donatas Banionis, Igor Dmitriev, Lyubov Polishchuk
Votes: 551
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
53. The Suicide Club (1987)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman traumatized by her brother's suicide is inducted into a world of games involving murder.
Director: James Bruce | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Robert Joy, Lenny Henry, Madeleine Potter
Votes: 142
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
54. The Game of Death (2000)
R | 89 min | Drama
A man joins a secret club for those who are seeking to end their lives, only to rediscover his will to live upon meeting the club's only female member.
Director: Rachel Samuels | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, David Morrissey, Paul Bettany, Neil Stuke
Votes: 374
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
55. Bankrotári (2003 TV Movie)
99 min | Comedy, Thriller
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Miroslav Donutil, Jirina Bohdalová, Zdenek David, Martin Dejdar
Votes: 40
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
56. El club de los suicidas (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
An original black comedy where death is taken for granted. In a social therapy for frustrated suicides the fate of a group of men and women will change drastically when the novel "The ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Santiago | Stars: Fernando Tejero, Lucía Jiménez, Luis Callejo, Juanma Cifuentes
Votes: 359
Escape: November 12, 1947 ("the Young Man With the Cream Tarts")
57. Curse of the Demon (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham
Votes: 15,516
Escape: November 19, 1947 ("Casting the Runes")
58.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
Casting the Runes
(1968)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Mr. Karswell is very easily angered and never forgets a slight. As he is also a man capable of summoning demons from Hell to do his bidding, his quarrel with Dunning may have unfortunate consequences.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Robert Eddison, Neal Arden, John Barrett, John Fraser
Votes: 20
Escape: November 19, 1947
59.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Casting the Runes
(1979)
Not Rated | 47 min | Comedy, Drama
Like Curse of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. However, it does feature eerie scenic views and is directed by Lawrence "Ghost Story For Christmas" Gordon Clark
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Jan Francis, Bernard Gallagher, Joanna Dunham
Votes: 188
Escape: November 19, 1947
60.
Your Favorite Story (1953–1955)
Episode:
The Bedford House Conspiracy
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A senator (Adolphe Menjou) tries to break a Presidential convention deadlock.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: John Alvin, Marshall Bradford, Ed Cassidy, Charles Evans
Escape: November 26, 1947 ("the Country of the Blind")
61.
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode:
The Richest Man in Bogota
(1962)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Juan De Nunez finds himself in South America in a remote mountain village where the people (and the animals) have no eyes. In an old book, which they can neither "see" nor understand but ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: E.J. André, Miriam Colon, Richard Eastman, Jennifer Gillespie
Votes: 12
Escape: November 26, 1947 ("the Country of the Blind")
62. The Bridge (1929)
10 min | Drama, Short
Soldiers march a condemned man through a rural area to a bridge high above a stream. While a boy plays a drum, one soldier puts a noose around the prisoner's neck and stand him on the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Nicholas Bela, Charles Darvas, Marbeth Wright
Votes: 190
Escape: December 10, 1947 ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge")
63. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
In 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker-Spang Larsen, Stéphane Fey
Votes: 4,261
Escape: December 10, 1947 ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge")
64.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
In the Civil War, Union soldiers hang a Confederate farmer for sabotage. The rope breaks and he falls into a river. He swims to safety and begins walking home. Disoriented, he's glad to see plantation staff who guide his befogged travel.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Ronald Howard, Juano Hernandez, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 563
Escape: December 10, 1947
65.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
During the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker-Spang Larsen, Stéphane Fey
Votes: 2,712
Escape: December 10, 1947
66. El pozu (2004)
7 min | Short, Drama
In 1948 a socialist militant is pursued by the Francoist police in Asturias.
Director: Tom Fernández | Stars: Maxi Rodríguez, José Antonio Lobato, Juan Román, Carlos Mesa
Votes: 6
Escape: December 10, 1947 ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge")
67. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (2005)
51 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a psychological thriller that takes many emotional turns and finally catches the audience off guard as it ends with an unsettling, macabre twist.
Director: Brian James Egen | Stars: Bradley M. Egen, Jody Chansuolme, Aaron Jackson, Grant DeMoss
Votes: 107
Escape: December 10, 1947
68. Owl Creek Bridge (I) (2007)
10 min | Short, Drama
A youngster, Khalid, is hung from an old wooden bridge by a hooded gang, but in the confusion he manages to struggle free from the noose. As he runs for his life it is soon revealed that all is not as it seems.
Director: John Giwa-Amu | Stars: James Hooper, Tomos Ryan, Aneurin Barnard, Brian Hibbard
Votes: 18
Escape: December 10, 1947 ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge")
69. Wild Oranges (1924)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Her grandfather fled there for political reasons. But they're not alone. An escaped prisoner, Nicholas, is terrorizing them, and ... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, Ford Sterling, Nigel De Brulier
Votes: 565
Escape: December 17, 1947
70.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Back for Christmas
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Before leaving on a trip to America, a man kills his wife and buries her in the basement. Once in the United States, he receives correspondence. Has he gotten away with his crime?
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Williams, Isobel Elsom, Arthur Gould-Porter
Votes: 1,154
Escape: December 24, 1947
71.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Back for Christmas
(1980)
TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Surgeon James loves his orchids and other ladies. A trip to America gives him and his wife an opportunity for improvements.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Roald Dahl, Richard Johnson, Siân Phillips, Avril Elgar
Votes: 275
Escape: December 24, 1947
72. The Naked Jungle (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer, William Conrad
Votes: 4,408
Escape: January 14, 1948 ("Leinengen vs. the Ants")
73.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Papa Benjamin
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A composer in need of inspiration turns to Voodoo melodies, but finds himself the victim of a Voodoo curse by Papa Benjamin.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Boris Karloff, John Ireland, Jeanne Bal, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 163
Escape: January 21, 1948
74. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Horror
Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells
Votes: 7,504
Escape: January 21, 1948 ("Papa Benjamin," one segment)
75.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Into Thin Air
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Patricia Hitchcock, Geoffrey Toone, Alan Napier
Votes: 1,434
Escape: February 1, 1948 ("the Vanishing Lady")
76.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
How Love Came to Professor Guilda
(1950)
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A nuclear physicist is pursued by an invisible being described as "a soft, shapeless, mindless lump". The blob falls in love with the scientist and begins caressing and fondling him, even when he's giving lectures.
Director: Kingman T. Moore | Stars: Frank Daly, Frank Gallop, Arnold Moss, Brandon Peters
Escape: February 22, 1948
77. The Time Machine (1960)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 44,866
Escape: May 9, 1948
78. The Time Machine (1978 TV Movie)
99 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 454
Escape: May 9, 1948
79. The Time Machine (2002)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Director: Simon Wells | Stars: Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law
Votes: 130,460 | Gross: $56.68M
Escape: May 9, 1948
80. Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks (2011 TV Movie)
84 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
An experimental time machine opens a window into the future and mutated monsters (the Morlocks) use it to come back to the present and go on a murderous rampage.
Director: Matt Codd | Stars: David Hewlett, Daniel Caltagirone, Christina Cole, Jim Fyfe
Votes: 776
Escape: May 9, 1948 ("the Time Machine")
81. Beau Geste (1926)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce
Votes: 470 | Gross: $1.71M
Escape: June 6, 1948
82. Beau Geste (1939)
Passed | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 6,524
Escape: June 6, 1948
83. Beau Geste (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure, Leslie Nielsen, Telly Savalas
Votes: 749
Escape: June 6, 1948
84. The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
An aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Director: Marty Feldman | Stars: Marty Feldman, Ann-Margret, Michael York, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 2,629
Escape: June 6, 1948 ("Beau Geste," parody)
85. Beau Geste (1982)
204 min | War, Action, Adventure
Three brothers of a well-to-do English family join the French Foreign Legion.
Stars: Benedict Taylor, Jonathon Morris, Anthony Calf, John Forgeham
Votes: 128
Escape: June 6, 1948
86. Haggard's She: The Pillar of Fire (1899)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
A devil conjures up a dancing woman from a mystical flame.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 968
Escape: July 11, 1948 ("She")
87. The Mystical Flame (1903)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The handkerchief, after being twirled about ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 197
Escape: July 11, 1948 ("She")
88. She (1908)
Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A mysterious metal box is bequeathed to Leo, a young Englishman, to be opened on his twenty-fifth birthday. It is opened in the presence of his guardian, and his servant. They find an ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Florence Auer, William V. Ranous
Escape: July 11, 1948
89. She (1911)
Unrated | 24 min | Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
(Part One) The first scene shows us the outer court of the temple in Egypt, in the year 350 B.C. Here Amenartas, the Pharaoh's daughter, waits to meet her love, Kallikrates. He has just ... See full summary »
Director: George Nichols | Stars: Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Viola Alberti, William C. Cooper
Votes: 79
Escape: July 11, 1948
90. She (1916)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An explorer is the reincarnated lover of a 2000-year-old queen.
Directors: William Barker, Horace Lisle Lucoque | Stars: Alice Delysia, Henry Victor, Sydney Bland, Blanche Forsythe
Escape: July 11, 1948
91. She (1917)
50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Valeska Suratt, Ben Taggart, Miriam Fouche, Thomas Wigney Percyval
Votes: 24
Escape: July 11, 1948
92. She (1925)
98 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In Africa an explorer is the reincarnated lover of the 2,000-year-old White Queen.
Directors: Leander De Cordova, G.B. Samuelson | Stars: Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell, Mary Odette, Tom Reynolds
Votes: 167
Escape: July 11, 1948
93. She (1935)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A group of explorers search of the legendary "flame of life," a mysterious force that bestows immortality.
Directors: Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel | Stars: Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 1,908
Escape: July 11, 1948
94. She (I) (1965)
Unrated | 106 min | Adventure, Fantasy
An Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson
Votes: 3,627
Escape: July 11, 1948
95. She (1984)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle weird creatures before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Quin Kessler, Harrison Muller
Votes: 2,011
Escape: July 11, 1948
96. She (I) (2001)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Leo Vincey receives a map from his late father, leading him to the legendary city of Kor in search of an explanation for his mysterious ancestry. He is accompanied by his girlfriend Roxanne... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Ian Duncan, Ophélie Winter, Marie Bäumer, Martina Colombari
Votes: 177
Escape: July 11, 1948
97. The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An ordinary man suddenly finds that anything he says comes true. Or at least, almost anything.
Directors: Lothar Mendes, Alexander Korda | Stars: Roland Young, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Ernest Thesiger
Votes: 1,597
Escape: September 19, 1948
98. The Lost Special (1932)
Approved | 240 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Frank Albertson, Ernie Nevers, Cecilia Parker, Francis Ford
Votes: 50
Escape: February 12, 1949
99. Orient Express (1934)
73 min | Drama
Based on Graham Greene's novel Stamboul Train, the movie focuses on the lives of individuals aboard the Orient Express as it makes a three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople. The ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Ralph Morgan, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 51
Escape: February 19, 1949
100.
Studio 4 (1962)
Episode:
Stamboul Train
(1962)
Drama
Dramatisation of Graham Greene's 1932 novel interlinking plots of individual characters
Director: Prudence Fitzgerald | Stars: Richard Warner, Peter Birrel, Susan Burnet, Ivor Salter
Escape: February 19, 1949 ("Orient Express")
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