Ronald Colman

Ann Harding

Louis Wolheim

Dudley Digges

William Elmer

Wilhelm von Brincken

Albert Kingsley

Constantine Romanoff

Harry Ginsberg

Bud Sommers

Stephen Selznick

Baldy Biuddle

John George

Arturo Kobe

Emile Tramont

Wesley Ruggles

Samuel Goldwyn

Stuart Heisler

William Cameron Menzies

Blair Niles

Gregg Toland

George Barnes

Sidney Howard

Action

Drama

Thriller

Condemned!

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Howard Productions

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Ronald Colman is "Michel", a debonair thief who ends up in prison on Devil's Island. Sandwiched between the shark-infested waters on one side and the bug-infested forest on then other, he is condemned to live out his days under the brutal custodianship of "Digges" (Jean Vidal), the prison warden. When he befriends Ann Harding, the put-upon wife of his nemesis, they begin to work on a daring plan to escape from their living hell. Though he was Oscar nominated for this, Colman doesn't yet have the glint in his eye that gave him star quality and so this is a bit of an unremarkable melodrama with cages and flies - but the quality of the production has held up well over it's 90 years and Wesley Ruggles keeps it all moving along nicely, if a little too predictably. If you do get an opportunity, give it a go.

English