alugha classics Hell's Island is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Mary Murphy. The film was shot in the VistaVision wide-screen format. Hell's Island was re-released in 1962 under the title South Sea Fury. The working titles of this film were Love Is a Weapon and The Ruby Virgin. The film is told as a flashback with Payne narrating the story. After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mike Cormack (Payne) loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as a bouncer in a Las Vegas casino. A wheelchair-bound stranger, Barzland (Francis L. Sullivan), hires him to locate a ruby that disappeared in a Caribbean plane crash. He lures Cormack into doing the job by telling him it may be in the possession of the very woman who jilted him, Janet Martin (Murphy), who is now married to the pilot of the downed plane. The ex-detective flies to remote Santo Rosario to find the stone and investigate the mystery. When he finds his old flame, her husband is in prison. Cormack, again falling for Janet, is coaxed into helping him break out of jail. Her husband shocks Mike by revealing Janet sabotaged his plane, causing its crash, out to collect on his life insurance. Janet also double-crosses Mike, who discovers she has killed a man and has the ruby. Barzland returns but plunges to his death, and Mike watches the police take Janet away to jail. Source: Wikipedia -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Island
La isla del infierno (Hell's Island) es una película de cine negro estadounidense de 1955 dirigida por Phil Karlson y protagonizada por John Payne y Mary Murphy. La película se rodó en el formato de pantalla ancha VistaVision. La isla del infierno se reestrenó en 1962 con el título South Sea Fury. Los títulos de trabajo de esta película fueron El amor es un arma y La virgen de Rubí. La película está contada como un flashback con Payne narrando la historia. Tras ser abandonado por su prometida, Mike Cormack (Payne), bebedor y deprimido, pierde su trabajo en la oficina del fiscal del distrito de Los Ángeles y trabaja como portero en un casino de Las Vegas. Un desconocido en silla de ruedas, Barzland (Francis L. Sullivan), le contrata para que localice un rubí desaparecido en un accidente de avión en el Caribe. Para ello, le dice que el rubí puede estar en posesión de la mujer que le dejó plantado, Janet Martin (Murphy), que ahora está casada con el piloto del avión siniestrado. El ex detective vuela hasta el remoto Santo Rosario para encontrar la piedra e investigar el misterio. Cuando encuentra a su antiguo amor, el marido de ella está en prisión. Cormack, de nuevo enamorado de Janet, es engatusado para que le ayude a salir de la cárcel. Su marido sorprende a Mike revelando que Janet saboteó su avión, provocando su accidente, para cobrar su seguro de vida. Janet también traiciona a Mike, que descubre que ha matado a un hombre y tiene el rubí. Barzland regresa pero se precipita a la muerte, y Mike ve cómo la policía se lleva a Janet a la cárcel. Fuente: Wikipedia -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Island
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