Escape from Crime

{{short description|1942 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Escape from Crime

| image = File:Escape from Crime.jpg

| caption =

| director = D. Ross Lederman

| producer =

| writer = Raymond L. Schrock
Daniel Ahern

| starring = Richard Travis
Julie Bishop

| music = William Lava

| cinematography = James Van Trees

| editing = Doug Gould

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1942|7|25}}

| runtime = 51 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Escape from Crime is a 1942 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90557/escape-from-crime/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208014437/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90557/escape-from-crime/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |title=Escape from Crime |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |access-date=November 30, 2014 }} It has essentially the same plot as the earlier Picture Snatcher (1933).{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110123152541/http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2010/12/escape-from-crime-1942.html Film Noir of the Week]}}, December 19, 2010, accessed March 14, 2015.