Island of Doomed Men

May 20, 1940

1h 7m

★ 5.3

There's no escape... from his FIEND'S PARADISE of torture!

Overview

An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Stephen Danel

Peter Lorre

Lorraine Danel

Rochelle Hudson

Mark Sheldon

Robert Wilcox

Brand

Don Beddoe

Siggy

George E. Stone

Doctor Rosener

Kenneth MacDonald

Captain Cort

Charles Middleton

Eddie

Stanley Brown

Mitchell

Earl Gunn

Ames - Parolee (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Mystery Killer (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

District Attorney (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

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