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Condemned is a 1929 American pre-Code melodrama, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer, and Wilhelm von Brincken. The movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the novel by Blair Niles.
A Devil¿s Island convict and the warden¿s wife fall in love.
- Wesley Ruggles, Dudley Digges
- Ronald Colman
In Condemned prisoners in solitary confinement are given a daily group stroll as exercise, surely defeating the purpose, and when the prison governor chooses a houseboy for his attractive wife, he picks the most handsome by a nautical mile of the inmates, surely tempting fate.
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- Wesley Ruggles
Sandwiched between shark infested waters on one side and bug infested forest on the other, he is condemned to live out his days under the brutal custodianship of Digges, the prison warden.
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- Wesley Ruggles
- Drama
- Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges
The plot has Colman, a condemned bank robber, working his way into the confidence of the warden (Dudley Digges) and into the heart of the warden's frustrated wife (Ann Harding). When she leaves for France, Colman escapes in order to join her.
Ronald Colman is "Michel", a debonair thief who ends up in prison on Devil's Island. Sandwiched between the shark-infested waters on one side and the bug-infested forest on then other, he is condemned to live out his days under the brutal custodianship of "Digges" (Jean Vidal), the prison warden.
CONDEMNED! is an early talkie prison film for screen star Ronald Colman, then riding high after the success of BULLDOG DRUMMOND. Colman would go on to cement his suave reputation with his turn as RAFFLES the subsequent year.