The Escapist (2008)


Brian Cox               Frank Perry
Joseph Fiennes          Lenny Drake
Dominic Cooper          James Lacey
Liam Cunningham         Brodie
Seu Jorge               Viv Batista
Damian Lewis            Rizza
Steven MacKintosh       Tony
Vincent McCabe          Sam
Ned Dennehy             Jumpy Con
Frank O Sullivan        Hedges
George Seremba          Stan
Phelim Drew (II)        Doctor
Bernadette McKenna      Frank's Wife
Pat Ainscough           Prison Guard
John Crean              Prison Guard
John Campion            Screw

Directed by:            Rupert Wyatt
Produced by:            Brian Cox, Tristan Whalley (II), Alan Moloney


A convict serving a life sentence is determined to visit his estranged and ill daughter before she dies. He soon 
develops an escape plan and recruits an ensemble of escapists.

==========

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged 
daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape 
plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with unique skills required for their daring plan 
and united by desire to escape their hell hole of an existence. Much of the action takes place within the tunnels, 
sewers and underground rivers of subterranean London.