Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.

• Paramount Pictures
• Humphrey Bogart
• Aldo Ray
• Peter Ustinov
• Joan Bennett
• Basil Rathbone
• Leo G. Carroll
• John Baer
• Gloria Talbott