
"Forget All The Action Pictures You Ever Saw... And Brace Yourself For A New Kind Of Thrill!"
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
Mike Farrough

Christine Blaine

John Morgan

Larry Perrin, alias Larry Ross

Dr. Adolph Behrens

Charles Atterbee

Tommy Malone

Mrs. Winslow

Professor Mudge

Mrs. Mudge

Ship's Mate Penney

Captain James P. Hollister

Ship's Mate Jones
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson

Submarine First Officer

Submarine Radio Operator
Ship's gunnery officer

First Mate
Perrin's Henchman at Dock

Agent

Detective
Detective

Sailor
Sailor
German Sailor
Ship's Lookout

Mrs. Hollister
German Sailor
German Sailor
Man

Submarine Gunner
Sailor
Sailor
Submarine Commander