Devil's Island (1939 film)
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Devil's Island is a 1939 prison film
Prison film
A prison film is a film genre concerned with prison life and often prison escape. These films range from acclaimed dramas examining the nature of prisons, like Cool Hand Luke, Brubaker, The Shawshank Redemption, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Murder One to actioners like Lock Up, Undisputed, and...

 directed by William Clemens and starring Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
William Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein...

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Cast

  • Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    William Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein...

     - Dr. Charles Gaudet
  • Nedda Harrigan - Madame Helene Lucien
  • James Stephenson
    James Stephenson
    James Stephenson was a British actor.-Career:British stage actor James Stephenson made his film debut in 1937 at the age of 48 with parts in four films...

     - Colonel Armand Lucien
  • Adia Kuznetzoff - Pierre Leroux
  • Rolla Gourvitch - Collette Lucien
  • Will Stanton - Bobo Hawkins
  • Edward Keane - Duval, Camp Doctor
  • Robert Warwick - Demonpre, Minister of the Colonies
  • Pedro de Cordoba
    Pedro de Cordoba
    Pedro de Cordoba , was an American actor.Pedro de Cordoba, who appeared in his first film, a 1915 version of Carmen, was actually a classically trained theatre actor who confessed he did not enjoy appearing in silent films nearly as much as he liked working on stage...

     - Defense Attorney Marcal
  • Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson (actor)
    Tom Wilson was an American film actor. He appeared in 254 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in Helena, Montana, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Little Marie...

     - Emil, a Prisoner
  • John Harmon
    John Harmon (actor)
    John Harmon was an American actor.Harmon was a very prolific bit actor. His career spanned over six decades and almost 300 movie and television roles in a wide variety of genres. Many of his earlier appearances are uncredited. His first major screen credit was in I was framed...

     - Andre Garon, a Prisoner
  • Richard Bond - Georges, a Prisoner
  • Earl Gunn - Leon, a Prisoner
  • Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey was an Australian-born American film actor. After a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain, he appeared in 321 films between 1909 and 1942.-Life and career:...

     - Soupy, a Prisoner (as Sidney Bracy)
  • George Lloyd
    George Lloyd (actor)
    George Lloyd was an American character actor. Born in Edinburg, Illinois, Lloyd appeared in over 270 films between 1932 and 1956.-Career:...

     - Dogface, a Prisoner
  • Charles Richman
    Charles Richman (actor)
    Charles J. Richman was an American film actor who appeared in 66 films between 1914 and 1939.He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in The Bronx, New York.-Selected filmography:*The Man From Home...

     - Governor Beaufort
  • Stuart Holmes - Gustave LeBrun
  • Leonard Mudie
    Leonard Mudie
    Leonard Mudie was a British-born character actor whose career ran many decades.His first film appearance was in 1921, and his last on-screen performance was in the Star Trek classic TV series....

     - Advocate General
  • Egon Brecher
    Egon Brecher
    Egon Brecher was a Czechoslovakian stage actor and director who toured Austria and Germany acting on the stage, and also served as the chief director of the Stadts Theatre in Vienna, before entering the motion picture industry.-Career:Born as a son of a professor, he began to study philosophy in...

     - Debriac, LeBrun's Henchman
  • Frank Reicher
    Frank Reicher
    Frank Reicher , was a German-born American stage and film actor, director and producer.-Early life:Frank Reicher was born in Munich, Germany, the son of actor Emanuel Reicher and Hedwig Kindermann, a popular German prima donna who was a daughter of the famous baritone August Kindermann...

    - President of Assize Court
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