Safe in Hell (1931)

In this Pre-Code film, Dorothy Mackaill accidentally murders the man who turned her toward prostitution, so her current love smuggles her away to the safety of a Caribbean island with no extradition. Unfortunately this island is anything but safe and there are wolves leering from every corner all while Mackaill’s character desperately waits for the day her boyfriend comes back to her. The tension here is palpable and all I could do was pray that somehow she could find sanctuary in a place that offered none.