L'isola del diavolo (1940)
Un gruppo di galeotti (al quale si unisce in seguito anche una donna) evade dalla colonia penale di un'isola e cerca di raggiungere il continente. Tra i fuggitivi c'è un uomo di nome Cambreau, un misterioso individuo del quale nessuno sapeva nulla prima dell'evasione e che ora pare conoscere in anticipo tutto quello che accadrà. Lungo il pericoloso tragitto attraverso la foresta e a bordo di una barca a vela, Cambreau induce ciascun evaso a riflettere sul proprio passato criminale e soprattutto sulle azioni che intende commettere lungo la via che dovrebbe condurlo alla libertà. Alla fine il più coraggioso e determinato del gruppo, il ladro André Verne, comprenderà che le sole cose importanti sono l'amore della donna che l'ha seguito e l'espiazione in carcere delle proprie colpe.
Direttore:
Frank Borzage
Scrittore:
Lawrence Hazard
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Joan Crawford as Julie |
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Clark Gable as André Verne |
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Ian Hunter as Cambreau |
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Peter Lorre as M'sieu Pig |
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Paul Lukas as Hessler |
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Albert Dekker as Moll |
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J. Edward Bromberg as Flaubert |
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Eduardo Ciannelli as Telez |
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John Arledge as Dufond |
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Frederick Worlock as Grideau, the Prison Head |
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Bernard Nedell as Marfeu |
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Victor Varconi as Fisherman |
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Jack Adair as Guard (uncredited) |
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Richard Alexander as Guard (uncredited) |
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Stanley Andrews as Constable (uncredited) |
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Betty Compson as Suzanne (uncredited) |
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Gene Coogan as Convict (uncredited) |
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Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited) |
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Richard Cramer as Guard (uncredited) |
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Art Dupuis as Orderly (uncredited) |
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William Edmunds as Dock Watchman (uncredited) |
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Budd Fine as Guard (uncredited) |
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Paul Fix as Benet (uncredited) |
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Eddie Foster as Convict (uncredited) |
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Christian J. Frank as Guard (uncredited) |
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Charles Judels as Renard (uncredited) |
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Frank Lackteen as Convict (uncredited) |
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Mitchell Lewis as Guard (uncredited) |
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Francis McDonald as Moussenq - Convict (uncredited) |
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Art Miles as First Subordinate (uncredited) |
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Jack Mulhall as Dunning (uncredited) |
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Bob O'Connor as Second Subordinate (uncredited) |
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James Pierce as Guard (uncredited) |
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Dewey Robinson as Georges, a guard (uncredited) |
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Harry Semels as Convict (uncredited) |
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Ray Teal as Guard (uncredited) |
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Hal Wynants as Guard (uncredited) |
| Directing | Frank Borzage | Director |
| Writing | Lawrence Hazard | Screenplay |
| Writing | Anita Loos | Adaptation |
| Writing | George Oppenheimer | Writer |
| Writing | Lesser Samuels | Writer |
| Production | Frank Borzage | Producer |
| Production | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Producer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert H. Planck | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Kern | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Writing | Richard Sale | Novel |
| Production | Keith Weeks | Unit Manager |
