Island of Doomed Men

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Peter Lorre and Rochelle Hudson in Island of Doomed Men (1940)

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

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Peter Lorre

Stephen Danel

Rochelle Hudson

Lorraine Danel

Robert Wilcox

Mark Sheldon

Don Beddoe

Brand

George E. Stone

Siggy

Kenneth MacDonald

Doctor Rosener

Charles Middleton

Captain Cort

Stanley Brown

Eddie

Earl Gunn

Mitchell

Sam Ash

Ames - Parolee
(uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

Mystery Killer
(uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

District Attorney
(uncredited)

Bruce Bennett

Hazen - Guard
(uncredited)

Bernie Breakston

Townsend
(uncredited)

Donald Douglas

Department of Justice Official
(uncredited)

Richard Fiske

Hale
(uncredited)

William Gould

Parole Board Member
(uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Cop
(uncredited)

Director
- Charles Barton
Writer
- Robert Hardy Andrews
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Trivia
The scenes of miners performing slave-labor for Peter Lorre were filmed in L.A.'s Griffith Park inside an area known as Bronson Canyon.

Goofs
Agent Mark Sheldon is questioned within minutes of the initial murder and told his fingerprints are on the gun. There is no way the detective would know this.

Quotes
Stephen Danel: You ought to do something about your nervous condition, Mr. Brand. You must never talk too much. Nervous men sometimes talk too much, and they make mistakes, and you musn't make mistakes, Mr. Brand.

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Based on True Story?

The basic story of Island of Doomed Men seems to be based on the true story of Narvassa Island. The main difference was in real life, the men were mining guano, not diamonds and they were black contract workers from the Balitmore area, not paroled convicts. Like in the movie, the men were treated brutally like slaves. This eventually led to an uprising with several of the overseers murdered. Some of the black workers were then put on trial for murder but when the true story of what was allowed to occur was publicized, they were pardoned by President Harrison. Narvassa Island, located between Cuba and Haiti, was designated a wildlife refuge in the 1990s.