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Island of Doomed Men
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Wikipedia article
'Island of Doomed Men' is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Charles Barton and starring Peter Lorre.
Plot
Stephen Danel lures paroled convicts to his isolated island where they are forced to work as slaves for life. Government agent Mark Sheldon aka "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
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