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King of the Damned
King of the Damned
Directed by	Walter Forde
Written by	Charles Bennett; Sidney Gilliat
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Edited by	Cyril Randell
Music by	Jack Beaver; Louis Levy
Production; company	Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	1935;
Running time	81 minutes
Land	Vereinigtes Königreich
Sprache	Englisch

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King of the Damned is a 1935 British prison film directed by Walter Forde and starring Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery and Cecil Ramage.

Plot summary

Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt.^[1]

Cast

Conrad Veidt - Convict 83
Helen Vinson - Anna Fernandez
Noah Beery - Convict 98
Cecil Ramage - Major Montez
Edmund Willard - The Greek
Percy Parsons - Lumberjack
Peter Croft - Boy convict
Raymond Lovell - Captain Torres
C. M. Hallard - Commandant
Allan Jeayes - Doctor Prada
Percy Walsh - Captain Perez
Gibson Gowland - Priest
Lucius Blake

Production

To avoid the usual French protests on films depicting Devil's Island, the producers gave all locations Spanish names and set the film in the Caribbean.^[2]

References

^ BFI.org
^ p.91 Slide, Anthony Banned in the USA': British films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960 I.B.Tauris, 1998

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[1] BFI.org

[2] .91 Slide, Anthony Banned in the USA': British films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960 I.B.Tauris, 1998

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-'''''King of the Damned''''' is a 1935 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[action film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Conrad Veidt]], [[Helen Vinson]], [[Noah Beery]] and [[Cecil Ramage]]. Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt. <ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39037</ref>
+{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
+{{Infobox film
+| name           = King of the Damned
+| image          =
+| caption        =
+| director       = [[Walter Forde]]
+| producer       = [[Michael Balcon]]
+| writer         = [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]]<br>[[Sidney Gilliat]]
+| based_on       =
+| narrator       =
+| starring       =
+| music          = [[Jack Beaver]]<br>[[Louis Levy]]
+| cinematography = [[Bernard Knowles]]
+| editing        = Cyril Randell
+| studio         = [[Gaumont British Picture Corporation]]
+| distributor    = [[Gaumont British Distributors]]
+| released       = {{Film date|1935}}
+| runtime        = 81 minutes
+| country        = United Kingdom
+| language       = English
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+}}
+'''''King of the Damned''''' is a 1935 British [[prison film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Conrad Veidt]], [[Helen Vinson]], [[Noah Beery]] and [[Cecil Ramage]].
+==Plot summary==
+Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114022134/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39037 BFI.org]</ref>
 ==Cast==
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 * [[Edmund Willard]] - The Greek
 * [[Percy Parsons]] - Lumberjack
-* [[Peter Croft (actor)|Peter Croft]] - Boy convict
+* Peter Croft - Boy convict
 * [[Raymond Lovell]] - Captain Torres
-* [[C.M. Hallard]] - Commandant
+* [[C. M. Hallard]] - Commandant
 * [[Allan Jeayes]] - Doctor Prada
 * [[Percy Walsh]] - Captain Perez
 * [[Gibson Gowland]] - Priest
+* [[Lucius Blake]]
+==Production==
+To avoid the usual French protests on films depicting [[Devil's Island]], the producers gave all locations Spanish names and set the film in the Caribbean.<ref>p.91 Slide, Anthony ''Banned in the USA': British films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960'' I.B.Tauris, 1998</ref>
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 [[Category:1935 films]]
-[[Category:British films]]
+[[Category:British prison drama films]]
-[[Category:Action films]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Walter Forde]]
+[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Jack Beaver]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Louis Levy]]
+[[Category:Gaumont Film Company films]]
+[[Category:1930s prison films]]
+[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1930s British films]]
+{{1930s-UK-film-stub}}