Essential Cinema: The Eyes of Peter Lorre

ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN

Directed by Charles Barton

USA, 1940, 1h 7min, 35mm

Essential Cinema  The Eyes of Peter Lorre

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

An implausible story that veers into wild camp, this film stars Peter Lorre as the dandyish superintendent of a hellish island prison camp who keeps his lavish lifestyle and glamorous wife through less-than-legal means. Lorre is amazing here, wrenching entertainment value from every ludicrous line. In 35mm.

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