Hell's Island (1955)
- Directed by
- Phil Karlson
- Genre
- drama film, treasure hunt film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is hired to find a missing ruby in the Caribbean. He gets caught up with a dangerous woman and a web of lies and violence.
tensegrittynoir-ishbroodingsuspensefulromanticvisually lush
What happens
Hell's Island is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Mary Murphy. The film was shot in the VistaVision wide-screen format. Hell's Island was re-released in 1962 under the title South Sea Fury. The working titles of this film were Love Is a Weapon and The Ruby Virgin. The film is told as a flashback with Payne narrating the story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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