Devil's Island (1940)
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Veteran movie heavy Boris Karloff plays a sympathetic role in Devil's Island. Karloff portrays a humanitarian physician, arrested for treating the wounds of a treasonous fugitive. Sent to the Devil's Island penal colony, Dr. Karloff runs afoul of sadistic commandant James Stephenson, who… More Veteran movie heavy Boris Karloff plays a sympathetic role in Devil's Island. Karloff portrays a humanitarian physician, arrested for treating the wounds of a treasonous fugitive. Sent to the Devil's Island penal colony, Dr. Karloff runs afoul of sadistic commandant James Stephenson, who seems obsessed by the guillotine (an execution sequence is one of the film's longest scenes). Stephenson's wife Nedda Harrigan, fed up with her husband's cruelties, aids Karloff in turning the tables on the commandant. Participating in an escape, Karloff makes his way to freedom and clears his name. Devil's Island runs a scant 60 minutes, due to editing demands made by the French consulate in Washington, who felt that the film was detrimental to Franco-American relations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Clemens
- Genres
- Drama
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Critic Reviews
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
While the camera probes the brutalities inflicted on the prisoners, the drama is savagely realistic.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Socially relevant drama about abusive conditions in France's Devil's Island penal colony.
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Cast
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Boris Karloff
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
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Nedda Harrigan
as Mme. Lucien
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James Stephenson
as Col. Armand
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Adia Kuznetzoff
as Pierre
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Rolla Gourvitch
as Colette
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Robert Warwick
as Demontre
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Will Stanton
as Bobo
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Edward Keane
as Dr. Duval
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Pedro de Cordoba
as Marcel
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Tom Wilson
as Emil
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John Harmon
as Andre
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Egon Brecher
as Debriac
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Richard Bond
as Georges
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Sidney Bracey
as Soupy
- Al Bridge
- Harry Cording
- Earl Dwire
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Earl Gunn
as Leon
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John Hamilton
as Ship's Captain
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Stuart Holmes
as Gustav Le Brun
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George Lloyd
as Dogface
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Leonard Mudie
as Advocate General
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Frank Reicher
as President of Assize Court
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Dick Rich
as Guard
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Charles Richman
as Gov. Beaufort
