Strange Cargo (1940)

I have a feeling that Michael Landon watched this movie a billion times before creating Highway to Heaven. A handful of prisoners, including Clark Gable, escape the prison on Devil’s Island guided by a person with heavenly connections. It’s odd that this was included in a Joan Crawford box set since she’s secondary as a love interest to Gable. She looks very pretty in this film, more natural than I’ve ever seen her. The rest of the film is bizarre with a very specific, preachy version of morality which some of the escapees eventually succumb to while others do not.