---
title: 'The Escape (1914)'
type: 'film'
director: 'D. W. Griffith'
released: '1914-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-escape-1914'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0003890/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Escape (1914)

1914 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Escape is a 1914 American silent drama film written and directed by D. W. Griffith and starred Donald Crisp. The film is based on the play of the same name by Paul Armstrong who also wrote the screenplay. It is now considered lost. The master negative of the production was destroyed in the disastrous 1914 Lubin vault fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## Credits

- **Director:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Bitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bitzer)
- **Editor:** [Rose Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-smith)

## Cast

- [Ralph Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-lewis)
- [Blanche Sweet](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-sweet)
- [Robert Harron](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-harron)
- [Owen Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-moore)
- [Frederick A. Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-a-turner)
- [Walter Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-long)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Fay Tincher](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-tincher)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-escape-1914
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