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Breakout

  • 19591959
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
71
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POPULARITY
269,876
34,085
Breakout (1959)
Drama
A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught.A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught.A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
71
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
269,876
34,085
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    • Director
      • Peter Graham Scott
    • Writers
      • Peter Barnes(screenplay)
      • Frederick Oughton(based on a story by)
    • Stars
      • Lee Patterson
      • Hazel Court
      • William Lucas
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Peter Graham Scott
    • Writers
      • Peter Barnes(screenplay)
      • Frederick Oughton(based on a story by)
    • Stars
      • Lee Patterson
      • Hazel Court
      • William Lucas
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    • 7User reviews
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    Lee Patterson
    Lee Patterson
    • George Munro
    Hazel Court
    Hazel Court
    • Rita Arkwright
    William Lucas
    William Lucas
    • Chandler
    John Paul
    • Arkwright
    Terence Alexander
    Terence Alexander
    • Farrow
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Rose Munro
    Dermot Kelly
    • O'Quinn
    Estelle Brody
    • Maureen O'Quinn
    Rupert Davies
    Rupert Davies
    • Morgan
    Lloyd Lamble
    Lloyd Lamble
    • Inspector
    Benny Nightingale
    • Sam the mechanic
    George Bishop
    • Judge
    • (uncredited)
    Joby Blanshard
    Joby Blanshard
    • Prison officer
    • (uncredited)
    Fay Bura
    • Woman in Cafe
    • (uncredited)
    Vic Chapman
    • Delivery Foreman
    • (uncredited)
    John Collin
    John Collin
    • Barman
    • (uncredited)
    Leonard Fenton
    • Prison officer
    • (uncredited)
    Chick Fowles
    • Police Officer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Peter Graham Scott
    • Writers
      • Peter Barnes(screenplay)
      • Frederick Oughton(based on a story by)
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    • Trivia
      First released to cinemas in England as a second feature, it was later in 1961 screened on American Television as the 4th episode of Kraft Mystery Theater (1961).
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      Edited into Kraft Mystery Theater: Breakout (1961)

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    8/10
    Nifty Low-Budget British Prison-Break Movie
    62 Minutes, and no mucking around.

    The judge has hardly finished reading out the sentence he imposed on Arkwright, than his wife is getting in touch with 'fixer'. Chandler, who will arrange to spring him from prison. We do get a chance to draw breath during the cosy domestic scenes between the civil servant ex-con chosen for the job, played by charismatic Lee Patterson, and wife Billie Whitelaw, before we're off and running again and our hearts are in our mouths when it looks as if the break will be frustrated.

    This is the kind of film that Woody 'One Shot' Van Dyke would have been proud to have made in his heyday: no muss, no fuss, just give the public what they want.

    It ain't art, but I loved it, and it ended with a smile on my face, although I'm not saying who else had.

    Zippy direction, good location shooting, including car chases, a 'bar- room brawl', and 'a bit on the side'. What more do you want?

    Wonderful playing by Patterson, Whitelaw, Hazel Court, as Arkwright's glamorous 'femme fatale' wife, and the perennially caddish Terence Alexander. With Dermot Kelly, as the Irishman who whips up a storm in a bar, in order to become the inside man And almost steal the film.
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    • Release date
      • March 1959 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wenn Scotland Yard das wüßte 2
    • Filming locations
      • Beaconsfield Film Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Independent Artists
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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