Hell's Island

Hell's Island (1955)

Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.

Date of release
1955-05-06
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Director
Phil Karlson

Casting

Interesting facts

Hell's Island is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Mary Murphy. The film was shot in the VistaVision wide-screen format. Hell's Island was re-released in 1962 under the title South Sea Fury.

Production

The film was based on a story by Jack Leonard and Martin Goldmsith, who wrote the story for The Narrow Margin. The film was also known as Chubasco, Love is a Weapon and The Ruby Virgin.

At one stage Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl were discussed for the lead roles. The casting of John Payne and Mary Murphy was announced in April 1954.

The film comes near the end of the film noir cycle and at a time when Payne's unsmiling and fatigued expression in film had become something of a noir icon.

Phil Karlson said "we took The Maltese Falcon and we did... The Maltese Falcon! In our own way."

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