Escape from Broadmoor

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, who police are hunting down. 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
 Victoria Hopper as Susan
 John Le Mesurier as Pendicost
 Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent
 Tony Doonan as Jenkins
 Gillie Fenwick as Sandy

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Category:1948 films
Category:British short films
Category:British films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films directed by John Gilling
Category:Films set in psychiatric hospitals

Category:British black-and-white films