''The Escape'' diangkat dari naskah drama karya [[Paul Armstrong (playwright)|Paul Armstrong]]. Pengambilan gambar film ''The Escape'' dilakukan di [[New York City]], namuntetapi sebagian diselesaikan di [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="silentera" /><ref>{{cite book|title=D.W. Griffith: Interviews|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|year=2012|isbn=1-617-03298-0|pages=XVIII–XIX|editor=Slide, Anthony}}</ref> Ada jeda cukup lama antara selesainya film ini dan pelaksanaan rilis yang dilakukan pada tanggal 1 Juni 1914.<ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16541 The Escape at afi.com]</ref><ref>Lillian Gish with Ann Prentice -- The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliff, N.J. 1969</ref><ref>D.W. Griffith, edited by James Hart -- The Man who Invented Hollywood; the Autobiography of D. W. Griffith. Touchstone Publishing Company, Louisville, KY. 1972</ref>
