| The Escape Artist | |
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| Directed by | Caleb Deschanel |
| Screenplay by | Melissa Mathison Stephen Zito |
| Based on | The Escape Artist by David Wagoner |
| Produced by | Doug Claybourne Buck Houghton |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum |
| Edited by | Arthur Schmidt |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $143,369[1] |
The Escape Artist is a 1982 film starring Griffin O'Neal and Raúl Juliá. It was based on a book by David Wagoner, and was the feature film directorial debut of Caleb Deschanel. It was the final film of Joan Hackett, Desi Arnaz, and Gabriel Dell, and the film debut of Harry Anderson. It was also the final film performance of Jackie Coogan, though one film he had shot earlier (The Prey, which was shot in 1979) was not released until 1983, as well as the final performance of Arnaz before his death in 1986.