Escapade
Synopsis
An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.
Principal Cast8

John Mills
John Hampden

Yvonne Mitchell
Mrs. Stella Hampden

Alastair Sim
Dr. Skillingworth

Jeremy Spenser
L. W. Daventry

Andrew Ray
Max Hampden
Peter Asher
Johnny Hampden

Marie Lohr
Grandmother
Sonia Williams
Miss Betts
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Philip Leacock
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Reviews1
This is quite a fun little gem stolen, as usual, by Alastair Sim as the headmaster "Dr. Skillingworth". This time, though, he is not in his "St. Trinians" guise - here he has to manage three typically mischievous brothers who have a grand design. That plan is not so much anti-education, but aimed at their ever rowing parents: pacifist John Mills and the kindly, but at the end of her tether Yvonne Mitchell whose marriage appears to be teetering on the edge of divorce. It's quite a clever premiss - do parents who send their kids away to school gain or lose from their respective experiences? Mills isn't up to much, sadly - he over-acts the role, but the boys do well as does their pal "L.W. Hartley" (Jeremy Spenser) and Colin Gordon's meddling journalist "Deeson". I hadn't heard of this until yesterday, but I'm glad I watched it.
Nov 14, 2022






















