| The Escape | |
| Director: | Milburn Morante |
| Producer: | Carl Laemmle |
| Cinematography: | Jack Young |
| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 5 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Escape is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Milburn Morante and starring Pete Morrison, Barbara Starr, and Frank Norcross.[1]
As described in a film magazine review, Johnny Bowers and Howard Breen are rival suitors for Evelyn Grant, daughter of the town's bank owner. Breen is also secretly head of a bandit gang and plans a robbery of the stagecoach while it is bringing money to the bank. Johnny and his men are jailed on a false charge, but they escape, halt the stage, and preemptively take the money to the bank. The gang then holds up the bank and is pursued by a posse. Breen is killed. Johnny and Evelyn become a couple.