Island of Doomed Men
{{short description|1940 American horror film by Charles Barton}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Island of Doomed Men
| image = Island of Doomed Men FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Charles Barton
| producer =
| screenplay = Robert Hardy Andrews
(as Robert D. Andrews)
| starring = Peter Lorre
| music = Gerard Carbonara (uncredited)
| cinematography = Benjamin Kline
| editing = James Sweeney
| color_process = Black and white
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1940|05|20}}
| runtime = 67 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Island of Doomed Men is a 1940 American crime horror film directed by Charles Barton and starring Peter Lorre.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n-KbDwAAQBAJ&dq=Island+of+Doomed+Men+1940&pg=PT119 Peter Lorre (Midnight Marquee Actors Series)]
Plot
Stephen Danel lures paroled convicts to his isolated island where they are forced to work as slaves for life. Government agent Mark Sheldon (code name 64) allows himself to be convicted of a murder he did not commit so that he can spend time in prison and then be paroled to work on Danel's island. It turns out that Danel's beautiful wife, Lorraine Danel, is a prisoner too.
Cast
- Peter Lorre as Stephen Danel
- Rochelle Hudson as Lorraine Danel
- Robert Wilcox as Mark Sheldon
- Don Beddoe as Brand
- George E. Stone as Siggy
- Kenneth MacDonald as Doctor
- Charles Middleton as Cort
- Stanley Brown as Eddie
- Earl Gunn as Mitchell
References
External links
{{Wikiquote}}
- {{IMDb title|0032641|Island of Doomed Men}}
- {{TCMDb title|27912}}
{{Charles Barton}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American horror films
Category:Films directed by Charles Barton
Category:Films scored by Gerard Carbonara
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
Category:English-language horror films
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