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Clark Gable escapes the Devil’s Island penal colony and takes floozie Joan Crawford along for the ride. Along with a handful of other fleeing criminals, they rough it through the jungle and long days at sea to reach the mainland and freedom. Sounds like a great matinee movie, but then enters Ian Hunter, who plays a moralizing goodie-two-shoes escapee named Cambreau. At the height of absurdity, Cambreau turns out to be none other than God. The movie ends with morally ambiguous Gable throwing Cambreau overboard, where of course Cambreau grabs a floating log and wraps his arms around it like Christ on the cross. When Gable realizes he just threw the Heavenly Father overboard, he rescues him, and then turns himself into the authorities… Give. Me. A. Fricking. Break. I was looking forward to a jungle adventure with Gable and Crawford, and was very unprepared for the insulting lunacy that ensued. With Peter Lorre and Paul Lukas.