Condemned

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Movie Info

A criminal sentenced to Devil's Island goes head to head with the cruel warden while gaining the sympathy of his keeper's lovely wife. Ronald Colman's second talkie is slow and slack due to the crudities of early sound filming, but the prison sequences remain moody and effective.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama
Directed By:

Wesley Ruggles
Written By:

Sidney Howard
In Theaters:

Nov 3, 1929 wide
Runtime:

86 minutes
Studio:

MGM

Cast

Ronald Colman
as Michel

Ronald L. Coleman

Ann Harding
as Madame Vidal

Dudley Digges
as Jean Vidal

William Elmer

Louis Wolheim
as Jacques Duval

Billy Elmer
as Pierre

William Von Brincken
as Vidal's Orderly

Albert Kingsley
as Felix

Henry Ginsberg
as Inmate

Bud Somers
as Inmate

Stephen Selznick
as Inmate

Baldy Biddle
as Inmate

William Vaughan
as Orderly

John George
as Inmate

Arturo Kobe
as Inmate

Emil Schwartz
as Inmate

John Schwartz
as Inmate

Constantine Romanoff
as Brute Convict

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Oct 14, 2017

There is such an element of unreality to the idea that the warden at the Devil's Island penal colony would allow one of the inmates to act as a servant in his home and to be alone with his wife throughout the day, that you'll have to go into this movie suspending your disbelief. Ronald Colman is suave as the convict, and it's always a joy to see him, and here he is opposite Ann Harding, who varies between down to earth and over-emoting. The film does set the stage with some nice 'hard prison' scenes, including one of a man howling in solitary confinement, but next to Colman smooth-talking Harding, something seems off. Perhaps Colman is a little too debonair. On the other hand, the film is entertaining and worth seeing. I liked the supporting cast most, and thought that Dudley Digges turned in the best performance as the warden, angrily spewing his bile.

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