Escapade
1955 | 87m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Philip Leacock |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Staring: |
| An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 05, 1955 |
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| Director: | Philip Leacock |
| Writer: | Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | cold war |
| Production Companies | Angel Productions, Eros Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Mills | John Hampden |
| Yvonne Mitchell | Mrs. Stella Hampden |
| Alastair Sim | Dr. Skillingworth |
| Jeremy Spenser | L. W. Daventry |
| Andrew Ray | Max Hampden |
| Peter Asher | Johnny Hampden |
| Marie Lohr | Grandmother |
| Sonia Williams | Miss Betts |
| James Drake | Kirkland |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roger MacDougall | Theatre Play |
| Philip Leacock | Director |
| Donald Ogden Stewart | Screenplay |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
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.