Devil's Island (1939 film)

Devil's Island
Film poster
Directed byWilliam Clemens
Written byAnthony Coldeway
Raymond L. Schrock
Kenneth Gamet
Don Ryan
Produced byBryan Foy
StarringBoris Karloff
Nedda Harrigan
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byFrank Magee
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 7, 1939 (1939-01-07)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetunder $500,000[1]

Devil's Island is a 1939 American prison film directed by William Clemens and starring Boris Karloff. This film is notable for Karloff in a then-rare sympathetic role, as opposed to his usual antagonistic characters in horror films.[2] The plot appears to have been recycled from John Ford's The Prisoner of Shark Island, which depicted the true story of doctor Samuel Mudd, who treated the injury of John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln.

Plot

In the early 20th century, respected French surgeon Dr. Charles Gaudet is sentenced to ten years imprisonment to the infamous French penal colony on Devil's Island for treating Gustave LeBrun, a fugitive revolutionary. His appeal rejected, and assigned to hard labor, it isn't long before Gaudet speaks out against the inhuman conditions at the prison, incurring the anger of the brutal prison commander, Colonel Armand Lucien. A revolt, led by Gaudet, is quashed after a guard is killed. Lucien's daughter, Collette, receives life-threatening wounds in an accident, and the camp doctor, Duval, does not have the skills to operate. Colonel Lucien seeks help from Gaudet offering to save him and the rebellious prisoners from the death penalty if he treats her. The surgery is a success, but Lucien executes the other prisoners involved in the revolt.

Madame Lucien, the Colonel's wife, devises a plan to assist Gaudet escape by bribing the guards. Gaudet, along with other prisoners, escapes the island in a boat; but, Lucien discovers his wife's involvement. Out of gas and water, the prisoners are picked up by a convict ship bound for Devil's Island. Gaudet and the other escapees are sentenced to be executed. Madame Lucien seeks help from Demonpre, the Minister of the Colonies. Demonpre arrives just in time, arrests Lucien for the injustices he implemented, and informs Gaudet that his case has been reviewed and he has been pardoned.

Cast

Production

The film was originally made when France announced it was giving up Devil's Island as a penal colony. The French government then changed its mind. Warners temporarily shelved the film then released it.[1]

Reception

The film depicts the French judicial system as antiquated, unfair, and biased. The depiction of Devil's Island upset the French government. They put a two month ban on any Warners film entering France or its colonies.[1]

Fear of something similar happening resulted in a proposed 1947 film from Columbia, The End of Devil's Island, being cancelled.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "France Nixed 'Devil's Island'". Variety. March 1, 1939. p. 6.
  2. ^ Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 221-223
  3. ^ THOMAS F. BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. (April 11, 1947). "STUDIO DROPS FILM ON DEVIL'S ISLAND: Columbia Abandons Project in Line With Industry Policy on Foreign Markets". New York Times. p. 30.
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