Condemned!

Unrated

11/3/19291h 26m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A kiss that cannot be forgotten! ~

Overview:

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.

Director:

Wesley Ruggles

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$600,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

prison warden
convict
pre-code
penal colony
devil's island

Cast

Ronald Colman

~ as ~

Michel

Ann Harding

~ as ~

Madame Vidal

Louis Wolheim

~ as ~

Jacques Duval

Dudley Digges

~ as ~

Jean Vidal

William Elmer

~ as ~

Pierre

Wilhelm von Brincken

~ as ~

Vidal's Orderly

Albert Kingsley

~ as ~

Felix

Constantine Romanoff

~ as ~

Brute Convict

Harry Ginsberg

~ as ~

Inmate

Bud Sommers

~ as ~

Inmate

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Ronald Colman is "Michel", a debonair thief who ends up in prison on Devil's Island. Sandwiched between the shark-infested waters on one side and the bug-infested forest on then other, he is condemned to live out his days under the brutal custodianship of "Digges" (Jean Vidal), the prison warden. When he befriends Ann Harding, the put-upon wife of his nemesis, they begin to work on a daring plan to escape from their living hell. Though he was Oscar nominated for this, Colman doesn't yet have the glint in his eye that gave him star quality and so this is a bit of an unremarkable melodrama with cages and flies - but the quality of the production has held up well over it's 90 years and Wesley Ruggles keeps it all moving along nicely, if a little too predictably. If you do get an opportunity, give it a go.