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King of the Damned
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Wikipedia article
'King of the Damned' is a 1935 British prison film directed by Walter Forde and starring Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery and Cecil Ramage.
Plot summary
Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114022134/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39037 BFI.org]
Cast
* Conrad Veidt - Convict 83
* Helen Vinson - Anna Fernandez
* Noah Beery - Convict 98
* Cecil Ramage - Major Montez
* Edmund Willard - The Greek
* Percy Parsons - Lumberjack
* Peter Croft - Boy convict
* Raymond Lovell - Captain Torres
* C. M. Hallard - Commandant
* Allan Jeayes - Doctor Prada
* Percy Walsh - Captain Perez
* Gibson Gowland - Priest
Production
To avoid the usual French protests on films depicting Devil's Island, the producers gave all locations Spanish names and set the film in the Caribbean.p.91 Slide, Anthony 'Banned in the USA': British films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960' I.B.Tauris, 1998
References
Category:1935 films
Category:British prison drama films
Category:Films directed by Walter Forde
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Jack Beaver
Category:Gaumont Film Company films
Category:1930s prison films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:1930s British films
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