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There Is No Escape

1948 British film

There is No Escape, also known as The Dark Road and The Thurston Story, is a 1948 British drama film from Hammer Films.

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It was Michael Ripper's first appearance in a Hammer Film.[2]

The film was based on the career of criminal Stanley Thurston, who appeared in the cast as a character based on himself. Thurston was famous for his numerous escapes from prison, 5 times in 15 years.[3] He was released from prison in October 1946.[4][5]

The film had trouble with the British censors who thought the film glamorised a real life criminal. Thurston had to be billed as "Charles Stuart."[6][7]

James Carreras said, "The picture already has official police approval. I have done everything to show that crime is a mug's game. Thurston is the only non-professional actor in the film. All he asked was £10 a week to cover expenses. At the end of the film he turns to the audience and tells them that a criminal life just isn't worth the candle, especially when guns are brought into crime. He made such a good job of the picture that I had him listed for a racing story on his merits as an actor. That plan will now have to be shelved."[1]

The film was shot at Marylebone Studios.[8]

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    "Action To Ban Film Showing Gaol-Breaker". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 22, 060. New South Wales, Australia. 17 June 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    Jones, David (5 July 2000). "Hammer horror film star dies aged 87". Evening Mail. Birmingham. p. 30. ProQuest 323321614.
  3. [3]
    "Gaol-Breaker Makes Film". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2569. Western Australia. 18 May 1947. p. 12 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUNDAY TIMES). Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "CRIMINAL AS SCREEN STAR". The Sunday Mail. No. 892. Queensland, Australia. 25 May 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "Robber's Two Months In West End". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 447. South Australia. 17 February 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    Meikle, Dennis (2008). A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer. Scarecrow Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780810863811.
  7. [7]
    "Stanley Thurston | Legendary Dartmoor". 14 October 2016.
  8. [8]
    Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 73. ISBN 9781844575749.


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