{{Short description|1943 British film by Lance Comfort and Victor Hanbury}} {{about|the 1943 film|the similarly-titled episode of ''Doctor Who''|The Web Planet#ep3{{!}}The Web Planet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Escape to Danger | image = "Escape_to_Danger"_(1943).jpg | caption = | director = Lance Comfort<br>Victor Hanbury | producer = William Sistrom | writer = Jack Whittingham<br>Wolfgang Wilhelm<br>Patrick Kirwan (story) | starring = Eric Portman<br> Ann Dvorak | cinematography = Guy Green | music = William Alwyn | editing = Edward B. Jarvis (as E. Jarvis) | studio = RKO Radio British Productions | distributor = RKO | released = {{Film date|1943|7|12|df=y}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English }} '''''Escape to Danger''''' (also known as '''''Murder in a Convoy''''') is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and Victor Hanbury and starring Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak and Karel Stepanek.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web|title=Escape to Danger|url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150036697|access-date=12 December 2025|website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; Escape to Danger (1943) |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32467 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902201136/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32467 |archive-date=2 September 2009 |access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> It was written by Jack Whittingham and Wolfgang Wilhelm from a story by Patrick Kirwan.

==Plot== During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.

==Cast== * Eric Portman as Arthur Lawrence * Ann Dvorak as Joan Grahame * Karel Stepanek as Franz von Brinkman * Ronald Ward as Rupert Chessman * Ronald Adam as George Merrick * Felix Aylmer as Sir Alfred Horton * Brefni O'Rorke as security officer * A. E. Matthews as Sir Thomas Leighton * Ivor Barnard as Henry Waud * David Peel as Lt. Peter Leighton * Charles Victor as Petty Officer Flanagan * George Merritt as works manager * Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Pickles * John Ruddock as Jim * Frederick Cooper as Gösta

==Critical reception== ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "The film has a certain amount of topical interest, but many of the situations are over-familiar. Joan and Lawrence are stock characters and it is difficult to be deeply interested in their adventures. Eric Portman is more convincing as Anthony than Ann Dvorak in a colourless portrayal of Joan. The final scenes are the best part, working to the climax of the sailing of the invasion fleet."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1943 |title=Escape to Danger |volume=10 |issue=109 |pages=87 |id={{ProQuest|1305820171}} |magazine=The Monthly Film Bulletin}}</ref>

''Kine Weekly'' called the film "a powerful, modern story teeming with adventure and thrilling action with an ingenious plot."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=22 July 1943|title=Escape to Danger|id={{ProQuest|2676984474}}|magazine=Kine Weekly|volume=317|issue=1892|pages=6}}</ref>

''Picturegoer'' wrote: "Supporting cast is good and on the whole it is a good example of spy melodrama."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1 October 1943|title=Escape to Danger|id={{ProQuest|1771144669}}|magazine=Picturegoer|volume=12|issue=|pages=12}}</ref>

''Picture Show'' called it "a very fine thriller."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=11 September 1943|title=Escape to Danger|id={{ProQuest|1879608215}}|magazine=Picture Show|volume=47|issue=1219|pages=2}}</ref>

''Variety'' wrote: "This RKO British-made production, another in the Nazi spy cycle, is excellent entertainment. Building to a gripping climax, it's geared for good grosses both in home and foreign markets."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=18 August 1943|title=Escape to Danger|id={{ProQuest|1401244792}}|magazine=Variety|volume=151|issue=10|pages=26}}</ref>

''TV Guide'' wrote, "WW II espionage tale was timely for its day but has dated."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Escape to Danger &#124; TV Guide |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/escape-to-danger/review/114044 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222118/http://www.tvguide.com/movies/escape-to-danger/review/114044/ |archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0036798}}

{{Lance Comfort}} {{Victor Hanbury}}

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