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Released
1980 · FILM

Escape

Runtime
96 min
DramaTV Movie

Synopsis

Dwight Worker was an American who was arrested in Mexico for drug smuggling and sentenced to Lecumberri Prison, a high-security facility known for its harsh conditions. With the assistance of his wife, Barbara, he orchestrated an escape by disguising himself as a woman. His escape made headlines as the first successful prison break from Lecumberri since that of Pancho Villa.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Frank MorrissShot by Isidore MankofskyScored by James Di PasqualeDesigned by Richard Lawrence

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