Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Isle of Missing Men (1942)

Isle of Missing Men poster
Directed by
Richard Oswald
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman visits an island prison governor for a week. She hides that her husband is a convict on that island.

melodramatictenseromanticsuspensefuldatedsoapyslow-burn

What happens

Isle of Missing Men is a 1942 American drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring John Howard, Helen Gilbert and Gilbert Roland. In the film, a young woman receives an invitation from the governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?