King of the Damned

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.

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 (1935)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]