ELLIS ISLAND (1936) Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon & Jack La Rue | Crime, Drama, Romance | B&W

Ellis Island is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon and Jack La Rue.

SYNOPSIS
Donald Cook and Johnny Arthur portray INS deportation officers at the Ellis Island immigrant station.

Three men pull a bank robbery and get away with a million dollars. They're soon caught, but the money isn't recovered. When the gang's leader is released from prison ten years later he's sent to Ellis Island to await deportation. There he runs into a rival gang and a phony Treasury agent, all of whom want to find out where the money is. When the man disappears, two immigration agents and his niece set out to find both him and the stolen loot.

CAST & CREW
Donald Cook as Gary Curtis
Peggy Shannon as Betty Parker
Jack La Rue as Dude
Johnny Arthur as Kip Andrews
Joyce Compton as Adele
Bradley Page as Solo
George Rosener as Uncle Ted Kedrich
Maurice Black as Nails
Bryant Washburn as Peter James
E.H. Calvert as Mr. Carson, Commissioner of Ellis Island
Matty Fain as Turk
Monte Vandergrift as Moxey
Lew Kelly as Farmer
Ann Brody as Matron

Directed by Phil Rosen
Written by Arthur T. Horman
Produced by Maury M. Cohen
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Music by Gene Johnston, Lee Zahler
Production company Invincible Pictures
Distributed by Chesterfield Pictures
Release date November 5, 1936
Running time 67 minutes
Country United States
Language English