None Shall Escape

Director De Toth was doing only his second feature for Columbia with "None Shall Escape" and the studio wanted him to use Paul Lukas, who had recently enjoyed a great success in a similar role with Watch on the Rhine (1943). De Toth wanted a lesser-known star and campaigned for Alexander Knox, whom he had seen on Broadway in Chekhov's "Three Sisters." When Knox was hired and was told who was directing, he objected that De Toth was unknown and insisted on Lewis Milestone. Harry Cohn reportedly berated Knox for his selfishness and ingratitude. According to De Toth, he and Knox ended up as friends, and worked together on subsequent films.

When Grimm is being led through the town by a policeman, a shadow of the camera and a crew member is visible falling across the following townsfolk, especially on Anna's father.

Opening credits prologue: The time of this story is the future.

The war is over.

As we promised, the criminals of this war have been taken back to the scenes of their crimes for trial.

In fact, as our leaders promised--

NONE SHALL ESCAPE

There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "IL PROCESSO DI NORIMBERGA (1946) + NESSUNO SFUGGIRÀ (1944)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.