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I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island poster

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

"The Most Astounding Story a Man Can Know...And Live to Tell"

70
Audience
NR 1941 · 1h 11m
Drama
Starring Sally Eilers · Donald Woods · Eduardo Ciannelli
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island poster
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About

A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.

Theatrical
Aug 4, 1941
Director
Lew Landers
Writers
Edgar Van Eyss, Karl Brown, Otto Eis
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Keywords
prison romance devil's island unhappy marriage sadistic husband innocent man
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Cast

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S
Sally Eilers
Claire Martel
D
Donald Woods
Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
E
Eduardo Ciannelli
Victor Martel
V
Victor Kilian
Guissart
C
Charles Halton
Commandant
D
Dick Curtis
Jules
J
John Tyrrell
Gerault
E
Eddie Laughton
Brisson
E
Edmund Cobb
Quarry Guard
R
Robert Warwick
Governor
L
Lloyd Bridges
Rene (uncredited)
B
Byron Foulger
Presidente Judge (uncredited)

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