Condemned
A kiss that cannot be forgotten!
1929 | 86m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Wesley Ruggles |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Blair Niles, Sidney Howard |
| Staring: |
| Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 03, 1929 |
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| Director: | Wesley Ruggles |
| Writer: | Blair Niles, Sidney Howard |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | prison warden, convict, pre-code, penal colony, devil's island |
| Production Companies | Howard Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $600,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ronald Colman | Michel |
| Ann Harding | Madame Vidal |
| Louis Wolheim | Jacques Duval |
| Dudley Digges | Jean Vidal |
| William Elmer | Pierre |
| Wilhelm von Brincken | Vidal's Orderly |
| Albert Kingsley | Felix |
| Constantine Romanoff | Brute Convict |
| Harry Ginsberg | Inmate |
| Bud Sommers | Inmate |
| Stephen Selznick | Inmate |
| Baldy Biuddle | Inmate |
| John George | Inmate |
| Arturo Kobe | Inmate |
| Emile Tramont | Inmate |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stuart Heisler | Editor |
| Gregg Toland | Director of Photography |
| Wesley Ruggles | Director |
| William Cameron Menzies | Art Direction |
| Blair Niles | Novel |
| Sidney Howard | Screenplay |
| George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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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. Wh ... en 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.