Summary
Devil’s Island is an American thriller film first released in 1939,
directed by William Clemens.
The film stars Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson, Adia Kuznetzoff and Rolla Gourvitch.
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Credits
- Director: William Clemens
- Script: Anthony Coldeway, Raymond L. Schrock, Kenneth Gamet, Don Ryan
- Photo: George Barnes
- Music: Howard Jackson
- Cast: Boris Karloff (Dr. Charles Gaudet), Nedda Harrigan (Madame Helene Lucien), James Stephenson (Colonel Armand Lucien), Adia Kuznetzoff (Pierre Leroux), Rolla Gourvitch (Collette Lucien), Will Stanton (Bobo Hawkins), Edward Keane (Duval, Camp Doctor), Robert Warwick (Demonpre, Minister of the Colonies), Pedro de Cordoba (Defense Attorney Marcal), Tom Wilson (Emil, a Prisoner), John Harmon (Andre Garon, a Prisoner), Richard Bond (Georges, a Prisoner), Earl Gunn (Leon, a Prisoner), Sidney Bracey (Soupy, a Prisoner), George Lloyd (Dogface, a Prisoner), Charles Richman (Governor Beaufort), Stuart Holmes (Gustave LeBrun), Leonard Mudie (Advocate General), Egon Brecher (Debriac, LeBrun’s Henchman), Frank Reicher (President of Assize Court), Lawrence Grant (First Official (scenes deleted)), Jack Mower (Sergeant (scenes deleted)), Jack Richardson ((scenes deleted)), Theodore von Eltz (Second Official (scenes deleted)), Jack Wise (Convict (scenes deleted)), James Blaine (Guard), Dick Botiller (Pilot of Escape Boat), Al Bridge (Captain of the Guards), Nat Carr (Court Clerk), Glen Cavender (Gendarme on Train), Davison Clark (Captain of Gendarmes), Neal Clisby (Jules), Harry Cording (Guard Accepting Bribe), Gino Corrado (Man Escaping Gendarmes with Debriac), Earl Dwire (Priest), Eddie Foster (Supply Clerk), Galan Galt (Guard), Sol Gorss (Guard Escorting Gaudet After Operation), Frank Hagney (Guard), John Hamilton (Captain of Second Convict Ship), Ben Hendricks Jr. (François, Sergeant of the Guards), Stanley King (Guard), Vera Lewis (Gaudet’s Housekeeper), Billy McClain (Governor’s Servant), Henry Otho (Guard Handcuffing Pierre), Paul Panzer (Jury Foreman), Alonzo Price (Captain Edvard Fearreau of the First Convict Ship), Dick Rich (Guard Drugged by Gaudet), Cliff Saum (Uniformed Gendarme), Francis Sayles (Boatman Taking Madame Lucien to Mainland), Earl Smith (Daniel, Madame Lucien’s Servant), Walter Soderling (Wagon Driver), Elliott Sullivan (Gate Guard), Don Turner (Guard Escorting Gaudet After Operation), Douglas Williams (Guard)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 62 min; B&W
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