Safe in Hell

Name: Safe in Hell
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: December 12, 1931
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Donald Cook, Dorothy Mackaill, Ivan F. Simpson

1931

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 12, 1931 | Passed

Starring: Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Donald Cook, Dorothy Mackaill, Ivan F. Simpson, John Wray, Morgan Wallace, Nina Mae McKinney, Ralf Harolde, Victor Varconi

Summary: After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.

Director: William A. Wellman

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 73 min

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Gritty, bleak and sexy, the movie is also, between the lines, a strong feminist statement. Read full review

Reece Pendleton

Wellman’s splendid direction animates an otherwise static script, deftly blending comedic moments with surprisingly dark undertones. This 1931 drama may lack the punch of Wellman’s The Public Enemy, released the same year, but it’s still a fine display of his talents. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Safe in Hell doesn’t offer anything extraordinary in the way of skin or innuendo, but it’s chockablock with the kind of situations and characters that would be verboten on screen for nearly three decades commencing in mid-1934. Read full review

Mordaunt Hall

Safe in Hell is a little reminiscent of "The Unholy Garden," with its tropic sanctuary where rogues of various nationalities live out their days in happy oblivion, safe from the long arm of extradition. The theme is a good deal sadder, a sort of meldodramatization of all those sad songs about the women who will die rapturously for their men. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

A sad and unsatisfactory finish is obviously an attempt to lend credence to an impossible yarn. It doesn't help, for as long as the story is thoroughly unbelievable up to the finish, no ending could change that impression. [22 Dec 1931, p.15]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A winding story with no real direction. Read full review

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