King of the Damned

King of the Damned

1935 · 81 min · ★ 7.0 · Action, Crime

Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special twist...the prisoners want to stay on and govern themselves in a humane and productive working community. Well that's the theory anyway but circumstances make their venture a lot more complicated than that.

Directed by Walter Forde

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