King of the Damned

1935 British film
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
81 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

King of the Damned is a 1935 British prison film directed by Walter Forde and starring Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery and Cecil Ramage.

Plot summary

Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt.[1]

Cast

  • Conrad Veidt - Convict 83
  • Helen Vinson - Anna Fernandez
  • Noah Beery - Convict 98
  • Cecil Ramage - Major Montez
  • Edmund Willard - The Greek
  • Percy Parsons - Lumberjack
  • Peter Croft - Boy convict
  • Raymond Lovell - Captain Torres
  • C. M. Hallard - Commandant
  • Allan Jeayes - Doctor Prada
  • Percy Walsh - Captain Perez
  • Gibson Gowland - Priest
  • Lucius Blake

Production

To avoid the usual French protests on films depicting Devil's Island, the producers gave all locations Spanish names and set the film in the Caribbean.[2]

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ p.91 Slide, Anthony Banned in the USA': British films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960 I.B.Tauris, 1998

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