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Island of Doomed Men (1940)

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

Genre : Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 8M

Director : Charles Barton
Writer : Robert Hardy Andrews

Synopsis

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

Actors

Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Stephen Danel
Rochelle Hudson
Rochelle Hudson
Lorraine Danel
Robert Wilcox
Robert Wilcox
Mark Sheldon
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
Brand
George E. Stone
George E. Stone
Siggy
Kenneth MacDonald
Kenneth MacDonald
Doctor Rosener
Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton
Captain Cort
Stanley Brown
Stanley Brown
Eddie
Earl Gunn
Earl Gunn
Mitchell
Sam Ash
Sam Ash
Ames - Parolee (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey
Mystery Killer (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette
District Attorney (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Hazen - Guard (uncredited)
Bernie Breakston
Bernie Breakston
Townsend (uncredited)
Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas
Department of Justice Official
Richard Fiske
Richard Fiske
Hale (uncredited)
William Gould
William Gould
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Chuck Hamilton
Cop (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Howard Hickman
Judge (uncredited)
Al Hill
Al Hill
Clinton (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
Eddie Laughton
Borgo - Parolee (uncredited)
George McKay
George McKay
Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Walter Miller
Detective (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Forbes Murray
Chairman of Parole Board (uncredited)
Lee Prather
Lee Prather
Warden (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Addison Richards
Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Harry Strang
Cop (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell
Durkin - Prisoner (uncredited)

Crews

Charles Barton
Charles Barton
Director
Robert Hardy Andrews
Robert Hardy Andrews
Screenplay
Gerard Carbonara
Gerard Carbonara
Original Music Composer
Benjamin H. Kline
Benjamin H. Kline
Director of Photography
James Sweeney
James Sweeney
Editor
Lionel Banks
Lionel Banks
Art Direction
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff
Music Director

Posters and backgrounds

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