Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men (1942)

ADVENTURE... in a dangerous world of men!

A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island.

Date of release
1942-09-18
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Richard Oswald

Casting

Interesting facts

Isle of Missing Men is a 1942 American drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring John Howard, Helen Gilbert and Gilbert Roland. In the film, a young woman receives an invitation from the governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island.

Production

The film was made by Oswald for the Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures. Oswald was an exiled Austrian director who had fled Germany when the Nazis came to power going back to Austria, then to the Netherlands, to France and finally to Hollywood where he made a handful of films. His son, Gerd Oswald, was assistant director and later went on to a career as a well-regarded director himself.

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