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The Escape Artist (1982)
Directed by Caleb Deschanel
“The remarkable story of an unusual boy who takes on the world...and wins.”
Comedy, Crime, Drama · 1h 34m
The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
Cast
Raúl Juliá
Stu Quiñones
Griffin O'Neal
Danny Masters
Desi Arnaz
Mayor Leon Quiñones
Teri Garr
Arlene
Joan Hackett
Aunt Sibyl
Gabriel Dell
Uncle Burke
John P. Ryan
Vernon
E. G. Daily
Sandra
M. Emmet Walsh
Fritz
Jackie Coogan
Magic Shop Owner
Hal Williams
Cop at Mayor's Office
H
Helen Page Camp
Neighbor
Crew
- Director
- Caleb Deschanel
- Screenplay
- Stephen Zito, Melissa Mathison
- Novel
- David Wagoner
- Director of Photography
- Stephen H. Burum
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Editor
- Arthur Schmidt
- Producer
- Doug Claybourne, Buck Houghton
Details
- Release date
- 1982-05-28
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Zoetrope
- Box office
- $143,369