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Sinners in Paradise (1938)

Drama | 65 minutes
2,75 6 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 65 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: James Whale

Stars: Madge Evans, John Boles and Bruce Cabot

IMDb score: 5,7 (627)

Releasedate: 19 May 1938

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Sinners in Paradise plot

"EXPLOSIVE DRAMA of 7 dangerous men and a woman marooned on a primitive island"

A diverse group takes off to travel by plane to China. On the way, however, they get caught up in a violent storm, which causes the plane to crash. They plunge into the sea and wash up on an island inhabited only by a certain Mr. Taylor and his servant. However, Taylor now has complete power over them, as only he can decide when they can get off the island.

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Anne Wesson

Jim Taylor

Robert "The Torpedo" Malone

Iris Compton

Senator John P. Corey

Mrs. Franklin Sydney

T.L. Honeyman

Harrison Brand

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A clichéd premise that nevertheless always has potential: a group of mismatched people, all with their own secrets, are suddenly brought together in a precarious situation so the viewer can enjoy the bubbling conflicts and passionate romances. In this case, the passengers of a crashed plane find themselves on a subtropical island, of which we see almost nothing other than the approximately 100 square meters on which the hut of the only two inhabitants stands. Furthermore, the frictions and passions unfold quite predictably, with the most explosive roles for Gene Lockhart as the short-tempered senator and Marion Martin as the worldly blonde who knows that men are primarily attracted to her sexy looks (and she is certainly sexy). Bruce Cabot plays the tough guy with a sense of humor, and John Boles is the recluse who eventually falls for Madge Evans' wise lesson: "Unless we face our responsibilities, we can't respect ourselves." Put that on a tile! The script doesn't make the most of the possibilities, and the director has to make do with a not particularly interesting cast, but thanks in part to a few reasonably well-filmed action scenes (the crashing plane and a fight aboard a ship – bear in mind this is 1938), this is still a pretty decent film that unfortunately leans more towards the B-category than the A-category.

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