Island of Doomed Men

1940

Crime / Drama / Thriller

7
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 756 756

prison undercover agent doomed man wrongful imprisonment doom remote island

Plot summary

An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.

Director

Charles Barton Photo
Charles Barton

Top cast

Don Beddoe Photo
Don Beddoe as Brand
Trevor Bardette Photo
Trevor Bardette as District Attorney
Addison Richards Photo
Addison Richards as Jackson
John Abbott Photo
John Abbott as Prisoner in Food Line-up
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618.53 MB
1280*962
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 7 min
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1.12 GB
1438*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 7 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Anne_Sharp 6 / 10

Lovely lashings of Lorre!

This delicious low camp kinkfest proves that studio-era censorship wasn't nearly as thorough as it's purported to have been. In what seems almost like a rehearsal for the tormented lustmurderer Dr. Rothe in "Der Verlorene," Lorre gives unexpected depth and nuance to the melodramatic villain Stephen Danel, with just a dash of his patented quirky humor. Though the film itself is crude and pulpy, with an extreme BDSM quotient (Danel's prisoners are kept in line with cat o' nine tails, as, it's strongly implied, is Mrs. Danel) Lorre's deft performance lifts "Island of Dommed Men" from the realm of the ridiculous into sublimity.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 4 / 10

Digging for diamonds.

Island Of Doomed Men has Peter Lorre in the lead as the lord and master of his own private island where he has convict labor assigned there and has them digging for diamonds. It doesn't look like the men are finding a lot of diamonds, but Lorre is sure living well, complete with trophy wife in Rochelle Hudson.In a rather stupidly handled plot Robert Wilcox plays a government agent sent to investigate. He's convicted on a real murder charge though. I attribute the clumsy handling to some bad editing.Not a great picture, but Lorre carries the whole thing with a Doctor Moreau like character. He may not be doing experiments on animals, but he's sure getting his jollies.Peter Lorre fans will like this.
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