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BFI identifier
55089

Title

Gaol Break (Original)

Gaolbreak (Alternative)

Bill and Son (Alternative)

Date
1936 (Release)

EIDR identifier

10.5240/0AE6-7D2C-54A7-28BF-3CF6-N

Production country
United Kingdom
Production company
Warner Brothers First National Productions
Synopsis
Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks jail to rescue his son but after seeing how happy his son will be with the family, he renounces his claim to boy and returns to finish his sentence in jail. (Synopsis)

Category

Fiction

Genre
Crime
Credits
Director: Ralph Ince
Production Company: Warner Brothers First National Productions
Producer: Irving Asher
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Cast
Ralph Ince (Jim Oakley)
Elliot Mason (Euphie)
Pat Fitzpatrick (Mickie Oakley)
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BFI Filmography

Collections
Stills
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2505165
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2505166
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Articles
Kinematograph Weekly n1507 5 Mar 1936
Monthly Film Bulletin v3 n27 March 1936
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Gaol Break
Work - 55089 - 1936 (Release)

United Kingdom - Film - Fiction

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