Escape from Broadmoor

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. 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
 * Victoria Hopper as Susan
 * John Le Mesurier as Pendicost
 * Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent
 * Tony Doonan as Jenkins
 * Gillie Fenwick as Sandy