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Gaol Break (1936)

Gaol Break poster
Directed by
Ralph Ince
Genre
crime
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father and son get caught up in a prison escape. The film follows their efforts to break out and the pressure of being hunted by authorities.

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What happens

Gaol Break (also known as Gaolbreak and Bill and Son ) is a lost 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ince, Basil Gill and Raymond Lovell. It was written by Michael Barringer and made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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