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.

• DirectorMichael Curtiz
• Release7 July 1955
• Genre
  Comedy / Crime
• Duration1h 46m
• Budget?
• Revenue$3,000,000
• Rate
  

  7.2
  183 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures