Routine B picture with Peter Lorre as a sadistic slaver who owns a diamond mine on a private island. His newest slave is a government agent (Robert Wilcox) wrongfully convicted of murder. The new guy wastes no time romancing Lorre's beautiful wife (Rochelle Hudson), who desperately wants to leave the island and her evil husband. Lorre's the whole show here. He rises above the mediocre material. Wilcox is the kind of hero that makes you root for the villains. Hudson is sympathetic enough but it's hard to gain sympathy when the bad guy is portrayed with more color and charisma than the heroes. If you're a Peter Lorre fan, you'll like this more than most. I wouldn't recommend it to the more casual classic film fan though.
Review of Island of Doomed Men
