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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.
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Samuel Goldwyn
Condemned!: Directed by Wesley Ruggles. With Ronald Colman, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer, Dudley Digges. Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
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- Drama
- Wesley Ruggles
- 1929-11-03
Brief Synopsis. 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
Novel. Sidney Howard. Screenplay. Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
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.
- Drama
Ronald Colman's second talking picture, Condemned is a snail's-pace melodrama set on a Devil's Island. The evils of the notorious French penal colony are treated head-on, though the awkwardness of early-talkie techniques lessen the impact of several scenes.
