the story in this movie is fairly implausible b grade stuff and but the script called for a creepy guy to play the lead and and in 1940 and that meant peter lorre. and peter is at his creepiest in this one as island owner stephen danel and who gets prisoners paroled to his custody to work at his island diamond mine. upon arrival the parolees discover that they are slave mine workers that can be beaten or killed at the whim of danel. only two things seem to have it worse off than the slaves while danel wife and and monkeys. monkeys tick him off so much that his violence towards them probably leads to the only meat the slaves get. lorre is perfect in his role here and and creeps up the screen in industrial strength fashion. although the script is not casablanca caliber and the editing is very tight and there are no wasted scenes. this is a very watchable story and but i am not sure what niche this movie filled. too long for a short subject and and too short for a feature length film and i am not sure how this was marketed to theaters. i just caught this for the first time on a late night or early morning tcm showing. lorre fans will not want to miss this one if they haven not seen it. 
the story in this movie is fairly implausible b grade stuff and but the script called for a creepy guy to play the lead and and in 1940 and that meant peter lorre. and peter is at his creepiest in this one as island owner stephen danel and who gets prisoners paroled to his custody to work at his island diamond mine. upon arrival the parolees discover that they are slave mine workers that can be beaten or killed at the whim of danel. only two things seem to have it worse off than the slaves while danel wife and and monkeys. monkeys tick him off so much that his violence towards them probably leads to the only meat the slaves get. lorre is perfect in his role here and and creeps up the screen in industrial strength fashion. although the script is not casablanca caliber and the editing is very tight and there are no wasted scenes. this is a very watchable story and but i am not sure what niche this movie filled. too long for a short subject and and too short for a feature length film and i am not sure how this was marketed to theaters. i just caught this for the first time on a late night or early morning tcm showing. lorre fans will not want to miss this one if they haven not seen it. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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