Doctor Boris Karloff tends to an escaped prisoner. He is convicted of helping him escape and sentenced to Devil's Island.
No, he doesn't go on to be a pirate and duel with Basil Rathbone. Produced in the wake of the previous year's Life Of Emile Zola, this second feature tries for an air of injustice and pity as Karloff saves the commandant's daughter and is betrayed when the commandant refuses to live up to the promises he made. Karloff handles the role with dignity, except when Howard Jackson's score gets in the way. George Barnes camerawork is dark and scrim-laden. For its short length it's good.
No, he doesn't go on to be a pirate and duel with Basil Rathbone. Produced in the wake of the previous year's Life Of Emile Zola, this second feature tries for an air of injustice and pity as Karloff saves the commandant's daughter and is betrayed when the commandant refuses to live up to the promises he made. Karloff handles the role with dignity, except when Howard Jackson's score gets in the way. George Barnes camerawork is dark and scrim-laden. For its short length it's good.