A strangler... A swindler... A safecracker... Yet you'll love them!
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
- 7.2
- 1955
- Released
- 1h 46m
Humphrey Bogart
Joseph
Aldo Ray
Albert
Peter Ustinov
Jules
Joan Bennett
Amelie Ducotel
Basil Rathbone
Andre Trochard
Leo G. Carroll
Felix Ducotel
John Baer
Paul Trochard
Gloria Talbott
Isabelle Ducotel
Lea Penman
Mme. Parole
John Smith
Medical Officer Arnaud
George Dee
Coachman (uncredited)
John George
Vendor (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Vendor (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Butterfly Man (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Port Captain (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Coat Customer (uncredited)Louis Mercier
Celeste (uncredited)
Released
en
$3,000,000.00
- #prison
- #prisoner
- #prison escape
- #devil's island
- #christmas
Reviews
Who says Bogart couldn't do comedy? Joseph, Julius and Albert have escaped from Devil's island, whilst waiting for a ship to take them away, they plot to steal from the amiable Ducotel family. They bluff store owner Felix into letting them repair his roof, from here they plan to execute their robbery, but the more that the escapees observe this family, the more they find humane personas coming