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Escape from Broadmoor
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Wikipedia article
'Escape from Broadmoor' is a 1948 British short film featuring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicost, a man escaped from an asylum, whom police are hunting down. The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It was the last film appearance of Victoria Hopper who had been a prominent leading lady in the 1930s.
Plot
An insane killer escapes from Broadmoor Hospital, and returns to the scene of a decade old crime, where the ghost of a servant girl he killed is bent on revenge.
Cast
* John Stuart as Inspector Thornton
* Victoria Hopper as Susan
* John Le Mesurier as Pendicost
* Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent
* Tony Doonan as Jenkins
* Gillie Fenwick as Sandy
References
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