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Isle of Fury (1936)

Isle of Fury poster
Directed by
Frank McDonald
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to start a new life on a remote island after his past catches up with him. He gets involved with a local woman and a mysterious visitor.

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What happens

Isle of Fury is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, and Donald Woods. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was adapted by Robert Hardy Andrews and William Jacobs from the 1932 novel The Narrow Corner by W. Somerset Maugham. Warners had filmed the tale under its original title just three years earlier. It was directed by the prolific B movie director McDonald and is one of Bogart's first leading roles. It was released on October 10, 1936. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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