Hell's Island (1930 film)

Hell's Island
Hell's Island
Directed by	Edward Sloman
Written by	Tom Buckingham ; Jo Swerling ;
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Starring	Jack Holt ; Ralph Graves ; Dorothy Sebastian ;
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Leonard Wheeler
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 16, 1930;
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated March 02, 2025

Hell's Island is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Dorothy Sebastian.^[1]

Plot

Two Americans are serving in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. One of whom is sentenced to serve nine years on Devil's Island.

Cast

Jack Holt as Mac
Ralph Graves as Griff
Dorothy Sebastian as Marie
Richard Cramer as Sgt. Klotz
Harry Allen as Bert, the Cockney
Lionel Belmore as Monsieur Dupont
Otto Lang as German Legionnaire
Carl Stockdale as Colonel

Production

The final scenes of Hell's Island were shot on location in Yuma, Arizona.^[2]

References

↑ Munden p. 339
↑ The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. June 8, 1930. p. 4.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Hell's Island at IMDb

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[1] Munden p. 339

[2] The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. June 8, 1930. p. 4.

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