A soft-spoken yet sinister man (Peter Lorre) rules as a tyrant over an island where he brings parolees and puts them to work, keeping them as slave labor until they die. He likewise keeps his wife (Rochelle Hudson) a prisoner there, too. Will a federal agent (Robert Wilcox) be able to put an end to his brutal reign? Lorre dominates in this movie, which involves rather too much domestic drama and suffers from too weak a performance from Wilcox; the writing is at least partly to blame for the movie’s failings, as the setup is implausible and the agent is left too passive for too long.

  Not recommended. Otto thinks you should avoid this movie.

Movie 72 for 2021