Sinners in Paradise (1938)
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- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 64 mins
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Sinners in Paradise
At one time Universal's "prestige" director, James Whale had slipped off the A-list by the end of the 1930s; even so, his films remained both intriguing and entertaining. In Whale's Sinners in Paradise, an airplane cracks up during a storm and crash-lands on an uncharted South Sea island. All nine passengers survive unscathed, including runaway bride Anne Wesson (Madge Evans), fugitive criminal Robert Malone (Bruce Cabot), blonde strumpet Iris Compton (Marion Martin), crooked senator Corey (Gene Lockhart), "radical" heiress Thelma Chase (Charlotte Wynters), munitions salesmen Jessup (Don Barry) and Brand (Morgan Conway), and cheerful Chinese cook Ping (Willie Fung). Forced to fend for themselves, the marooned passengers are helped along by resident beachcomber Jim Taylor (John Boles), a convicted murderer who has escaped to the island to "find himself". What he finds, of course, is romance in the form of Anne Wesson. A remake of a silent film of the same name, Sinners in Paradise was extensively re-edited before its general release, just as Whale's previous The Road Back had been. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Sinners in Paradise:
John Boles also in Stella Dallas , Curly Top , Stand up and Cheer
Bruce Cabot also in Night Alarm , Sundown , Kid Monk Baroni , King Kong , Fancy Pants
Charlotte Wynters also in Panama Patrol , The Underdog , The Women , Now, Voyager , High Sierra
Sinners in Paradise Trivia
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