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The Escape

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.

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    author
    director Milburn Morante
    genre western
    keywords bandit gang jail kill
    producer Carl Laemmle
    productionCompany Universal Pictures
    publisher Universal Pictures