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''Island of Doomed Men'' is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Charles Barton and starring
Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before movin ...
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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

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Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before movin ...
as Stephen Danel *
Rochelle Hudson Rochelle Hudson (born Rachael Elizabeth Hudson; March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972) was an American film actress from the 1930s through the 1960s.Robert Wilcox as Mark Sheldon *
Don Beddoe Donald Theophilus Beddoe (July 1, 1903 – January 19, 1991) was an American character actor. Early years Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe was the son of Dan Beddoe, a Welsh classical singer, and his wife Mary. He graduated from the ...
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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References

1940 films 1940 crime films American black-and-white films American mystery films Films directed by Charles Barton American prison films Films set on islands Columbia Pictures films 1940 mystery films Film noir 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{mystery-film-stub