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
Preservation With no holdings located in archives, The Escape is considered a lost film.
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