A suave, self-centered thief learns to give instead of steal. A fear-fraught shut in finds the courage to brave fate. A cold-blooded killer finds something worth dying for. An all-powerful prison warden discovers how small and weak he is. These fours souls are condemned to be forever transformed within the crucible of Devil’s Island – a French prison in a South American jungle from which where there’s no escape! Michel (Ronald Colman), sent to Devil’s Island for bank robbery where, thanks to his Parisian sophistication, he catches the warden’s (Dudley Digges) attention. While Michel’s bunkmate, the killer Jacques, gets hard labor, Michel gets to serve his time softly as a servant to the warden’s wife (Ann Harding). But when Michel’s labors soon prove to be as hard as Jacques, he plans an escape. Ronald Colman’s performance as Michel, along with his Bulldog Drummond in the same year solidly secured his transition from silent star to talkie A-lister. |
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