Hell's Island

Hell's Island

84 mins | Drama, Adventure | May 6, 1955

After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mark Cormack loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as bouncer in a Las Vegas casino. A wheelchair-using stranger Barzland hires him to locate a ruby that disappeared in a Caribbean plane crash. He lures Cormack into doing the job by telling him it may be in the possession of the very woman who jilted him. The ex-detective flies to remote island Santo Rosario to find the stone and investigate the mystery. When he finds his old flame he finds that her husband is in prison. Cormack, again falling for Janet, is convinced into helping him break out of jail. But Janet has other plans.

Hell's Island

84 mins | Drama, Adventure | May 6, 1955

Hell's Island
After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mark Cormack loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as bouncer in a Las Vegas casino. A wheelchair-using stranger Barzland hires him to locate a ruby that disappeared in a Caribbean plane crash. He lures Cormack into doing the job by telling him it may be in the possession of the very woman who jilted him. The ex-detective flies to remote island Santo Rosario to find the stone and investigate the mystery. When he finds his old flame he finds that her husband is in prison. Cormack, again falling for Janet, is convinced into helping him break out of jail. But Janet has other plans.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Pine-Thomas Productions
Original title Hell's Island
Directors Ralph Axness, Phil Karlson
Writers Jack Leonard, Maxwell Shane, Martin Goldsmith

Cast

John Payne

as Mike Cormack

Mary Murphy

as Janet Martin

Francis L. Sullivan

as Barzland

Eduardo Noriega

as Inspector Peña

Arnold Moss

as Paul Armand

Walter Reed

as Lawrence

Sándor Szabó

as Johann Torbig

Pepe Hern

as Lalo

Robert Cabal

as Miguel

Paul Picerni

as Eduardo Martin

Mario Siletti

as Surgeon

Matty Fain

as Pit Boss

Ralph Dumke

as Casino Drunk

Lillian Molieri

as Girl at Juke Box

Gil Barreto

as Man (uncredited)

Victor Bartell

as Man (uncredited)

Tom Bernard

as Man (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Argentina Brunetti

as Pottery Maker (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Edward Coch

as Man (uncredited)

Delmar Costello

as Man (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Henry A. Escalante

as Man (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Ben Frommer

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo

as Carlos Peñasco (uncredited)

David Garcia

as Man (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

as Cock Fight Man (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Josefa Heredia

as Man (uncredited)

Ramiro Jaloma

as Man (uncredited)

Manuel López

as Man (uncredited)

Paul Marion

as Juke Box Pitchman (uncredited)

Margarita Martín

as Man (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Alex Montoya

as Cock Fight Official (uncredited)

Julia Montoya

as Man (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

José Oliveira

as Man (uncredited)

Don Orlando

as Man (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Paul Regas

as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)

Carlos Rivero

as Man (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)