Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men
Directed by	Charles Barton
Screenplay by	Robert Hardy Andrews (as Robert D. Andrews)
Starring	Peter Lorre
Cinematography	Benjamin Kline
Edited by	James Sweeney
Music by	Gerard Carbonara (uncredited)
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 20, 1940 (1940-05-20)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Island of Doomed Men is a 1940 American crime horror film directed by Charles Barton and starring Peter Lorre. ^[1]

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

1. Peter Lorre (Midnight Marquee Actors Series)

External links

• Island of Doomed Men at IMDb
• Island of Doomed Men at the TCM Movie Database