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The Escape (1926 film)

The Escape is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Milburn Morante and starring Pete Morrison, Barbara Starr, and Frank Norcross.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Johnny Bowers and Howard Breen are rival suitors for Evelyn Grant, daughter of the town's bank owner. Breen is also secretly head of a bandit gang and plans a robbery of the stagecoach while it is bringing money to the bank. Johnny and his men are jailed on a false charge, but they escape, halt the stage, and preemptively take the money to the bank. The gang then holds up the bank and is pursued by a posse. Breen is killed. Johnny and Evelyn become a couple.

Cast

  • Pete Morrison as Johnny Bowers
  • Barbara Starr as Evelyn Grant
  • Frank Norcross as Jeremiah Grant
  • Bruce Gordon as Howard Breen
  • Elmer Dewey as Silas Peele
  • Jane Arden as Flossie Lane
  • Tex Young as Manuel Estrada

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