Escapade Summary
Director: Philip Leacock
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Escapade has to be one of the most overused titles in movie history. This particular Escapade is a mild British comedy with something to say. John_Mills plays a renowned pacifist author, whose sons Andrew_Ray and Peter_Asher are completely sympatico with their dad's views. Convincing their schoolmates to sign a petition begging for universal peace, the boys decide to present the list of signatures to the four world powers occupying Germany, including those rascally Russians and unpredictable Yanks. But they have to get to Berlin first, and to do that the headstrong lads steal an airplane. It turns out that the boys' long-term goal, cooked up with their sister Yvonne_Mitchell, is to reunite their bickering father and mother. Escapade opens up the original Roger MacDougall play to the extent that we actually witness the plane in flight; beyond that, the dialogue and situations remain the same--even down to the slight pauses after the laugh lines. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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