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The Devil Makes Sunday (1960)

The Devil Makes Sunday poster
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is about a convict breakout on Norfolk Island. It follows the events of a real life mutiny by prisoners.

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What happens

The Devil Makes Sunday is a television play about a convict break out on Norfolk Island by Bruce Stewart, who had just written Shadow of a Pale Horse. It was based on the real life Norfolk Island convict mutinies. It was filmed for British, US and Australian television. It was also adapted for radio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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