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No Escape is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 31 july 1953 with Lew Ayres
No Escape (1953)
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Add to a movie listNo Escape is a 1953 American film noir directed by Charles Bennett featuring Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts and Marjorie Steele.
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A couple suspected of murder follow a trail of clues which lead them to the real culprit.Actors
Lew Ayres
(John Howard Tracy)
Sonny Tufts
(Det. Simon Shayne)
Lewis Martin
(Lt. Bruce Gunning)
Marjorie Steele
(Pat Peterson)
Gertrude Michael
(Olga Valerie Lewis)
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