Cottage on Dartmoor (A)
Original Title
Escape from Dartmoor- Director: Anthony Asquith
- Writer: Herbert Price; Anthony Asquith
- Producer: H. Bruce Woolfe
CGiii Comment
A piece of cinematic history by Asquith - a privileged, closeted alcoholic.
Technically, it's rather impressive - many a film student could learn a great deal from this.
But...in truth, it's hackneyed melodrama.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Flashback story of an escape from the lonely, high-security Dartmoor Prison. A jealous barber's assistant is enraged by the attentions that his manicurist girlfriend pays to a customer. He threatens the customer with an open razor and lands in jail.
Cast & Characters
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Harry a Dartmoor Farmer;
Uno Henning as Joe a Barber's Assistant;
Norah Baring as Sally a Manicurist;
Anthony Asquith as Bespectacled man in cinema;
Judd Green as Customer