Hell's Island
1930 · 77 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama
In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl and begin fighting over her when one of them announces that he plans to marry her. The argument is quite heated and in the ensuing scuffle one of them is shot and wounded.
Directed by Edward Sloman · Written by Tom Buckingham
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Jack Holt Mac -
Ralph Graves Griff -
Dorothy Sebastian Marie -
Richard Cramer Sgt. Klotz -
Harry Allen Bert (the Cockney) -
Lionel Belmore Monsieur Dupont - O Otto Lang German Legionnaire
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Carl Stockdale Colonel
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