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I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941)

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island poster
Directed by
Lew Landers
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American sailor is wrongfully imprisoned on a notorious penal colony off the coast of South America. He struggles to survive and find a way to freedom while dealing with brutal guards and dangerous prisoners.

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What happens

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island is a 1941 American crime film directed by Lew Landers and written by Karl Brown. The film stars Sally Eilers, Donald Woods, Eduardo Ciannelli, Victor Kilian, Charles Halton and Dick Curtis. The film was released on August 4, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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