Escape from Broadmoor

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Escape from Broadmoor is a 1948 British short film featuring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicost, a man escaped from an asylum, whom police are hunting down.^[1] The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It was the last film appearance of Victoria Hopper who had been a prominent leading lady in the 1930s.

Plot

An insane killer escapes from Broadmoor Hospital, and returns to the scene of a decade old crime, where the ghost of a servant girl he killed is bent on revenge.

Cast

• John Stuart as Inspector Thornton^[2]
• Victoria Hopper as Susan^[2]
• John Le Mesurier as Pendicost^[2]
• Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent^[2]
• Tony Doonan as Jenkins^[2]
• Gillie Fenwick as Sandy

References

External links

• Escape from Broadmoor at IMDb