Escape from Broadmoor
Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Harry Reynolds
Starring	John Stuart Victoria Hopper John Le Mesurier
Cinematography	Cyril Bristow
Edited by	Maurice Rootes
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures (British)
Release date	December 1948 (1948-12)
Running time	38 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Escape from Broadmoor is a 1948 British short film featuring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicost, a man escaped from an asylum, whom police are hunting down.^[1] The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It was the last film appearance of Victoria Hopper who had been a prominent leading lady in the 1930s.

Plot

An insane killer escapes from Broadmoor Hospital, and returns to the scene of a decade old crime, where the ghost of a servant girl he killed is bent on revenge.

Cast

• John Stuart as Inspector Thornton^[2]
• Victoria Hopper as Susan^[2]
• John Le Mesurier as Pendicost^[2]
• Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent^[2]
• Tony Doonan as Jenkins^[2]
• Gillie Fenwick as Sandy