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Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)

Rating: 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4)

A Real Dive

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Buy Isle of Forgotten Sins on DVD

Isle of Forgotten Sins is not one of Edgar G. Ulmer's most essential films, and it's more than a little clunky, but it features some inspired miniature work and an energetic lead performance by John Carradine, who would go on to star in Ulmer's next film, Bluebeard. He plays a deep-sea diver who is tricked into retrieving a chest full of stolen gold. It's available on Kino's DVD Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen. (Also known as Monsoon.)

With: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton, Veda Ann Borg, Rita Quigley, Rick Vallin, Tala Birell, Patti McCarty, Betty Amann, Marian Colby, William Edmunds
Written by: Edgar G. Ulmer
Directed by: Raymond L. Schrock, based on a story by Edgar G. Ulmer
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 74 minutes
Date: April 19, 2005