Port of Escape

Port of Escape is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Tony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and Joan Hickson. Plot Two sailors, one Australian and one American, are kicked off their ship when it docks in London, and get involved in a fight outside a dockside pub that leads to a man's death. They go on the run and hide on a barge that belongs to three women. The two men plan to travel to Missouri, the home state of the American, but not all goes to plan. Cast Googie Withers - Anne Stirling John McCallum - Mitchell Gillis Bill Kerr - Dinty Missouri Joan Hickson - Rosalie Watchett Wendy Danielli - Daphne Stirling Hugh Pryse - Skinner Alexander Gauge - Inspector Levins Ingeborg von Kusserow - Lucy Ewan Roberts - Sergeant Rutherford Basil Dignam as Det. Sgt. Crawford George Rose as Publican Hugh Pryse died in 1955, nine months before the film was released.