Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight..
If you have an hour to kill and a soft spot for movies where tough guys get weirdly sentimental about chickens, Escape by Night is your kind of thing. It isn't going to change your life, but it won't insult your intelligence either. If you need explosions or high-speed chases, keep looking. This is a porch-sitter of a ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Hamilton MacFadden
Maurice Elvey
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"If you have an hour to kill and a soft spot for movies where tough guys get weirdly sentimental about chickens, Escape by Night is your kind of thing. It isn't going to change your life, but it won't insult your intelligence either. If you need explosions or high-speed chases, keep looking. This is a porch-sitter of a movie. The whole thing starts with these crooks, your typical Runyonesque bunch, sprinting away from the law. They end up on this farm run by a blind man who just wants to live hi..."
Harold Shumate
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