Charles Brunier
Charles Brunier( 31 May 1901 – 26 January 2007) was a French convicted murderer and veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, who claimed in 2005 to have been the inspiration for" Papillon".
Circumstantial evidence, including his butterfly tattoo and his having been on Devil's Island at the time, supported the claim.
René Belbenoît
Jules René Lucien Belbenoît( 4 April 1899 – 26 February 1959) was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the United States.
He later published the memoirs," Dry Guillotine"( 1938) and" Hell on Trial"( 1940), about his exploits.
Devil's Island (1979 film)
Devil's Island(" Pakleni otok") is a Croatian film directed by Vladimir Tadej.
It was released in 1979.
Vere St. Leger Goold
Vere Thomas" St. Leger" Goold( 2 October 1853 – 8 September 1909) was an Irish tennis player.
He quickly faded from the game and took his own life on Devil's Island, where he was serving a life sentence for murder.
Christian Nyby
Christian Nyby( September 1, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American television and film director and editor.
As an editor, he had seventeen feature film credits from 1943 to 1952, including" The Big Sleep"( 1946) and" Red River"( 1948).
From 1953 – 1975 he was a prolific director of episodes in many television series, including" Gunsmoke" and" Wagon Train".
As a feature film director, he is likely best known for" The Thing from Another World"( 1951).
Born in Los Angeles, California, and of Danish ancestry, he started his career as a film editor in the 1940s.
He edited four films directed by Howard Hawks(" To Have and Have Not"( 1944)," The Big Sleep"( 1946)," Red River"( 1948), and" The Big Sky"( 1952)).
Nyby was nominated for the Academy Award for" Red River".
He had begun his career in the carpentry division at the studios, worked his way up to editor, then received his first directing credit on Hawks' 1951 production of" The Thing from Another World"( or" The Thing" as it is more commonly known), which was an instant success.
Nyby went on to have a prolific television and movie directing career from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Dick Vosburgh wrote in his obituary that" After editing Hawks's next film" The Big Sky"( 1952), Nyby turned to television, directing Ann Sothern's sitcom" Private Secretary", which ran for four years.
He also directed episodes of" The Twilight ZoneI SpyLassieAdam- 12 Perry Mason The Rockford Files The Six Million Dollar ManIronside", and" Kojak".
He did especially impressive work on such western series as" GunsmokeBonanzaWagon TrainWhispering Smith", and" Rawhide
He also directed four more feature films" Hell on Devil's IslandYoung FuryOperation C.I.A."( the first lead role for Burt Reynolds), and" First to Fight".
The most influential film that Nyby directed is" The Thing from Another World"( 1951), which continues to attract viewers and critical attention more than 60 years after its release, and which was selected in 2001 for preservation in the US National Film Registry.
Nyby's credit as the director has been challenged by some critics; Howard Hawks, the film's producer, was on the set for most of the filming, and is noted as one of the greatest film directors.
Nyby himself commented on the controversy in 1982:
Nyby was the father of Christian I. Nyby II, a prolific television director in his own right, and Kirkland Royal Nyby, who while studying law appeared in a few TV acting roles in the early 1970s as Kirk Nyby, before embarking on a legal career in California, finishing as Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner.
Nyby died at age 80 in Temecula, California.
I Escaped from Devil's Island
I Escaped from Devil's Island is a 1973 exploitation film about an escape attempt from Devil's Island.
Roger Corman and Gene Corman produced this grim adventure saga which bears more than a passing resemblance to" Papillon".
Big Boy Rides Again
Big Boy Rides Again is a 1935 American film directed by Albert Herman.
Hell on Devil's Island
Hell on Devil's Island is a 1957 American adventure film directed by Christian Nyby and written by Steven Ritch.
The film stars Helmut Dantine, William Talman, Donna Martell, Jean Willes, Rex Ingram and Robert Cornthwaite.
The film was released in August 1957, by 20th Century Fox.
Hopalong Rides Again
Hopalong Rides Again is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston.
The film stars William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Nora Lane, Harry Worth, Lois Wilde and Billy King.
The film was released on September 3, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.
Hopalong, Lucky, and Windy are working for the Bar 20 Ranch owned by Buck Peters.
Buck’s niece, Laura, and his nephew, Artie, also live there.
Lucky is in love with Laura.
Buck needs cash and tells Hopalong to bring some cattle to Fort Hastings.
They must arrive there in 10 days to fulfill contract terms.
In order to get them there on time, the cattle have to be driven through the Black Butte area where the previous year rustlers stampeded the Bar 20 cattle leading to the loss of many cattle and the death of several of Hopalong’s men.
Nora Blake lives in the Black Butte area and Hopalong is smitten by her.
It turns out that Nora’s brother, Professor Hepburne, is the ruthless leader of the rustlers.
Before the cattle drive Hopalong meets the Professor when he stops by the Bar 20 to get his horse reshod.
Windy notices that the Professor is carrying a load of dynamite.
The cattle drive begins.
Buck’s nephew pleads with his uncle to go on the drive.
Buck relents and Artie rides after the cattle drive.
Hopalong assigns him to the chuck wagon with Windy.
As the drive is going through the Black Butte area, Hepburne sets off the dynamite.
The cattle stampede.
200 are picked off by the rustlers.
Windy and Artie are right under the area that was dynamited and save themselves by getting under the chuck wagon.
But Artie is hurt.
In the explosion a piece of the dynamite case lands near Windy.
Hopalong then knows that Hepburne is the rustler chief.
He lays a trap.
He puts Lucky in charge of the drive.
He is to take the cattle to Fort Hasting and come back to the Butte with the cash.
Meanwhile Hopalong goes to visit Nora.
He lets Hepburne overhear that Lucky will be coming through the Butte with the cash.
Windy who is taking care of Artie goes to get water and discovers the rustlers and the cattle.
When he comes back to Artie, Artie has tried to get up and hurt himself again.
So Windy can’t go as Hopalong wished to get Buck to bring the ranch people back to fight the rustlers.
But when Windy is not looking, Artie gets on his horse and goes back to the ranch to bring the reinforcements.
Between Hopalong, Lucky, Windy and the ranch hands the rustlers are defeated.
Hepburne was angered when one of his men talked back.
Hepburne shoots the talker back.
Hepburne carries a box of dynamite up one of the hills but the fellow he shot shoots Hepburne.
The shot sets off the dynamite.
So that is the end of Hepburne.
Hopalong believes Nora will never know her brother was a villain.
Good triumphs over evil.
Lesley Selander
Lesley Selander( May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies.
His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936- 68.
Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as" The Cat and the Fiddle"( 1934)," A Night at the Opera"( 1935), and Fritz Lang's" Fury"( 1936).
To this day Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967.
In 1956 he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of" Lassie".

Question: Do both directors of films Hell On Devil'S Island and Hopalong Rides Again have the same nationality?
Answer: yes