Escape from Devil's Island
Cast & Crew
Albert Rogell
Victor Jory
Florence Rice
Norman Foster
Stanley Andrews
Daniel Haynes
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Synopsis
In Paris, international spy Steve Harrington and his daughter Johanna have lunch with her fiancé, Dario, a fellow spy. Stephen and Dario plan to steal military secrets from France, but during their attempt Stephen is captured by the police and sentenced to twenty years in the penal colony of Devil's Island in Guyana. Dario eludes the police and, with Johanna, plans to free Stephen. Meanwhile, at Ile-de-Re, the embarkation point for Devil's Island, Stephen becomes friends with fellow prisoner Andre Dion, who has been sentenced unjustly. Johanna establishes a base in Cayenne on the opposite side of the jungle from the prison and Dario enters the prison as a new guard for Commandante de Montresson. Soon Stephen, Dario and Andre are plotting their escape. Python, an informer, overhears them, and they are forced to leave before their preparations are complete. Pursued through the jungle by guards and dogs, Dario and Andre secure passage across the river but when Wong, the smuggler, demands more money, Dario smashes his boat, and Wong puts the guards on their trail. Dario and Andre separate, and the dogs follow Dario's trail. Andre arrives at Cayenne before Dario and while Andre and Johanna wait for him, the two fall in love. Andre refuses to betray his friend, however, and pretends that he does not return Johanna's feelings. Six weeks later, Dario finally joins them and they leave for Venezuela. On board the ship, Dario learns that Andre has been declared innocent and rushes to tell him the good news. He finds Johanna and Andre embracing and, in a rage, rows Andre to the jungle shore and abandons him. Upon his return to the ship, Johanna explains that she loves Andre even though he rejected her advances. Risking his own freedom, a contrite Dario returns to shore to save Andre, who has been found and pardoned in the meantime. Shortly thereafter, Andre and Johanna say farewell to Dario, who promises to join them in Paris after his release from prison.
Director
Albert Rogell
Cast
Victor Jory
Florence Rice
Norman Foster
Stanley Andrews
Daniel Haynes
Herbert Heywood
Frank Lackteen
Arthur Aylesworth
Noble Johnson
Harry Semels
Bill Nye
George Lloyd
Gaston Glass
Jack Kenney
Auguste Tollaire
Chris-pin Martin
Paul Guilfoyle
Hector Sarno
Tetsu Komai
Frank Ward
Marcel De La Brosse
Albert Prisco
Ed Hunter
Floyd Shackelford
Ivan Christy
Lew Hicks
Arthur Thalasso
Albert Ladon
Albert Pollet
Billy Elmer
Blackie Whiteford
Ron Wilson
Bob De Coudic
Harry Vejar
Dick Howard
Frank Bruno
Bing Conley
Clay De Ray
Frank Ellis
Lew King
Dick La Marr
John Northpole
Jack Silver
Al Stewart
Mike Tellegen
Robert Wilber
Charles Whittaker
Tim Wallace
Skipper Zelliff
John Lester Johnson
Jack Spears
Gus Robinson
Pat Washington
Blue Washington
Homer Dickinson
Mike Lally
George Magrill
Adolph Milar
Charles Maresra
Merrill Mccormick
Charles Regan
Ethan Laidlaw
Jess Caven
Art Miles
Al Ferguson
Harry La Mont
Bob St. Angelo
Sidney D'albrook
Al Haskell
Jack Curtis
Budd Fine
Jack Lowe
Frank Fanning
Otto Kolka
Joe Rickson
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was Song of the Damned, and Motion Picture Daily reviewed the film under that title. The picture was copyrighted under both titles on the same day but with different registration numbers, LP7218 for Escape From Devil's Island and LP5919 for Song of the Damned.
