Isle of Missing Men (1942)
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Directors
Richard Oswald
Cast
John Howard, Helen Gilbert, Gilbert Roland, Alan Mowbray
The story
Merrill Hammond (John Howard), governor on the prison island of Caruba, is traveling with S.S. Bombay towards Australia. The ship is attacked by Japanese bombers and the ship has to return to Caruba.
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Drama, drama film
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