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Safe in Hell (1931)

Passed  -  Drama  -  12 December 1931 (USA)
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After killing an ex-boyfriend in New Orleans, a prostitute flees to a Caribbean island. There the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her, unaware that she is a fugitive.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Gilda Carlson - aka Gilda Erickson
Donald Cook ...
Carl Bergen - aka Carl Erickson
Ralf Harolde ...
Piet Van Saal
John Wray ...
Egan
Ivan F. Simpson ...
Crunch (as Ivan Simpson)
Victor Varconi ...
Gen. Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
Morgan Wallace ...
Mr. Bruno - the Hangman
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Leonie - the Hotel Manager
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Lawyer Jones
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Newcastle - the Porter
Gustav von Seyffertitz ...
Larson (as Gustav Von Seyffertitz)
Noble Johnson ...
Bobo - a Caribbean Policeman
Cecil Cunningham ...
Angie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George F. Marion ...
Jack (scenes deleted)
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Sought by the New Orleans police for killing her rapist, a prostitute flees to a Caribbean island. She must wait for her sailor among lecherous criminals. It almost works out until the treachery of the local police chief leaves her but one choice to gain her freedom. Written by indexcard

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12 December 1931 (USA)  »

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The Lost Lady  »

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In New York, newspaper advertising featured a warning that "Safe in Hell" was "NOT Recommended for Children". See more »

Connections

Remade as Men in Exile (1937) See more »

Soundtracks

"Pagan Moon"
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Joseph Burke
Played during the opening and ending credits
Played often in the score
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enjoyable melodrama
20 January 2008 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Although this film directed by the versatile William Wellman is not essentially different from many other fallen women pictures of the early talkie era, it has elements that lift it out of the ordinary. For contemporary viewers it's an opportunity to see Dorothy Mackaill in a starring role. She was a beautiful and self-possessed actress whose career came and went too quickly. At times she looks so much like Marion Davies that you could easily mistake them for twins. Here she plays a prostitute fleeing the law with a young fellow who loves her. He deposits her in a hotel on a steamy Caribbean island inhabited by escaped male criminals. There is the appealing shock of seeing two African-American actors actually speaking and behaving in a dignified and even admirable manner: Nina Mae MacKinney and Clarence Muse as a hotel proprietress and porter, respectively. Muse speaks the King's English better than the blonde leading lady and comports himself in a far more civilized manner than any of the white men. MacKinney is spectacular. She holds her own no matter who she is playing against and even sings a spirited round of "Sleepy Time Down South" as she pours wine for a large table of diners. Another case of wasted talent in the old Hollywood days.


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