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  Island of Doomed Men (1940)
 


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Description
 
G-Man Robert Wilcox goes "undercover" as "Mr. Smith" to expose brutal conditions on an island -- somewhere in the Pacific Ocean -- where paroled men perform slave-labor in a mine owned by Peter Lorre.

In the process, Wilcox falls in love with Lorre's wife, Rochelle Hudson, who's just as much a prisoner on Dead Man's Island as he is.

Timed to run just over an hour, this tightly-constructed B-movie is a fine example of its genre -- brisk, efficient, and always entertaining, though it does take awhile to actually reach the island in question.

As expected, Lorre dominates the proceedings with one of his trademark performances in which he manages to be both creepy and cultured, smooth and sadistic.

Although most of Island of Doomed Men was produced on sound stages, some scenes were filmed at famous Bronson Canyon in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.


 
Cast
  • Peter Lorre - Steve Danel
  • Rochelle Hudson - Lorraine Danel
  • Robert Wilcox - Mark Sheldon
  • Don Beddoe - Brand
  • George E. Stone - Siggy
  • Charles B. Middleton - Capt. Cort
  • Stanley Brown - Eddie
  • Earl Gunn - Mitchell
  • Sam Ash - Ames
  • Raymond Bailey - Mystery Man
  • Trevor Bardette - District Attorney
  • Bruce Bennett - Hazen, the Guard
  • Donald Douglas - Official
  • Richard Fiske - Hale
  • Chuck Hamilton - Cop
  • Howard Hickman - Judge
  • Al Hill - Clinton
  • Eddie Laughton - Borgo
  • Kenneth MacDonald - Doctor
  • George McKay - Bookkeeper
  • Walter Miller - Detective
  • Forbes Murray - Parole Board Chairman
  • Lee Prather - Warden
  • Addison Richards - Jackson
  • Harry Strang
  • John Tyrrell - Durkin



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