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  1. Movies
  2. Ellis Island

Ellis Island

1936
1h 8m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1936

Runtime

1h 8m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Rent

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Buy

1
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Storyline

It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison for ten years but the money is not recovered. Flash forward to 1936 when all three men have been released from prison and are about to be deported back to where they came from via the Deportation department at Ellis Island. They arrive by the ferry boat and already on hand to bid them adieu, and possibly learn where they stashed the missing money, is gang leader Dude and his three henchmen, Nails, Moxie and Bugs, and also Kendrich's niece Betty Parker there to bid old Uncle Ted a fond goodbye. Also on Ellis Island is a crook called Solo, who has an upper hand as he has stolen the credentials of a Treasury Agent named Peter James and has access to the prisoners, and has cut a deal with Kendrichs to get him off of Ellis Island.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 8m
Nov 4, 1936
Languages
English
Director
Phil Rosen
Phil Rosen
Production
Invincible Pictures Corp.
Invincible Pictures Corp.
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

12 Cast Members

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

Gary Curtis

Peggy Shannon

Peggy Shannon

Betty Parker

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Dude

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Adele

Bradley Page

Bradley Page

Solo

Johnny Arthur

Johnny Arthur

Kip Andrews

Maurice Black

Maurice Black

Nails

Matty Fain

Matty Fain

Turk

Bryant Washburn

Bryant Washburn

Peter James

Lew Kelly

Lew Kelly

Farmer

George Rosener

Uncle Ted Kedrich

Monte Vandergrift

Moxey

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