Escapade is a 1955 British comedy drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell and Alastair Sim. It was based on a long-running West End play of the same name by Roger MacDougall. The film was produced at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bernard Robinson. Plot summary A husband and father has become so preoccupied with a political cause that it leads him to neglect his familial responsibilities, leading to his children running away from home. Cast John Mills as John Hampden Yvonne Mitchell as Mrs. Stella Hampden Alastair Sim as Dr. Skillingworth Jeremy Spenser as L. W. Daventry Andrew Ray as Max Hampden Marie Lohr as Stella Hampden, Senior Colin Gordon as Deeson, Reporter Nick Edmett as Paton Peter Asher as Johnny Hampden Christopher Ridley as Potter Sean Barrett as Warren Colin Freear as Richard 'Young Skilly' Skillingworth Kit Terrington as Smith Mark Dignam as Sykes James Drake as Kirkland Sonia Williams as Miss Betts John Rae as Curly Critical reception In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing, "It is a curiously notional and impractical expostulation against war, obviously well-intended but as humorless as a labored gag". Leonard Maltin, on the other hand, gave it three out of four stars, calling it an "Ambitious, insightful, solidly acted drama about the cynicism and hypocrisy of adults and the idealism of youth." TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it, "...an okay comedy with a message, but the play was better." References Bibliography Shaw, Tony. British Cinema and the Cold War: The State, Propaganda and Consensus. I.B. Tauris & Co, 2001. External links 1955 films 1955 comedy-drama films Films directed by Philip Leacock British comedy-drama films 1955 drama films Films set in London British films based on plays British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films