Overview
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Details
- Director
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Writer
- Dalton Trumbo
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $12,000,000
Cast
Anthony Zerbe
Bill Mumy
Don Gordon
Dustin Hoffman
George Coulouris
Ratna Assan
Robert Deman
Steve McQueen
Victor Jory
Woodrow Parfrey
Keywords
1930s
based on memoir or autobiography
corrupt official
devil's island
escape
french colonialism
guyana
jungle
labor camp
leper colony
prison
prison brutality
prison escape
remote island
solitary confinement
No comments yet. Log in to add a comment.