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Escapade

1955 · 87 min

A gentle, playful comedy with a serious heart, following children's earnest mischief as they try to fix their father's misplaced priorities.

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

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • politics
  • rebellion
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • school
  • road trip
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Philip Leacock
Written by
Donald Ogden Stewart
Starring
John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Alastair Sim, Jeremy Spenser, Andrew Ray, Peter Asher, Marie Lohr, Sonia Williams
Runtime
87 min
Country
United Kingdom

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