The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
The Escape Artist has generally received positive reviews.
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The Escape Artist was released in 1982 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 12 reviews, giving The Escape Artist (1982) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Escape Artist than critics were.
With a score of 61%, The Escape Artist is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1982, which stands at 59%.
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