Condemned | |
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Directed by | Wesley Ruggles |
Screenplay by | Sidney Howard |
Based on | Condemned to Devil's Island 1928 novel byBlair Niles |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Ronald Colman Ann Harding Dudley Digges Louis Wolheim William Elmer |
Cinematography | George Barnes Gregg Toland |
Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 86 minutes (sound) 9000 ft. (silent) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $600,000 (estimated) |
Condemned is a 1929 Americanpre-Code melodrama, directed byWesley Ruggles, and starringRonald Colman,Ann Harding,Dudley Digges,Louis Wolheim,William Elmer, andWilhelm von Brincken. The movie was adapted bySidney Howard from the novel byBlair Niles.
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A thief incarcerated at the notoriousDevil's Island penal colony falls in love with the prison warden's wife.
This film was also released in asilent version running 9,000 feet.[1] In 1930, Colman was nominated for an Academy Award in theActing category for his work in this film and inBulldog Drummond (1929).Condemned was the first of eight films written by Sidney Howard for producerSamuel Goldwyn, the last of which wasRaffles (1939).[citation needed]
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The film is known by a variety of other names, including:Condenado in Portugal and Spain,Condemned to Devil's Island in the U.S. reissue,Condenado a Isla del Diablo in Argentina,Flucht von der Teufelsinsel in Austria, andL'isola del diavolo in Italy.
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