Penitentiary

Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!

1938•1h 14m

ActionCrimeDramaRomance

The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Walter Connolly

Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews

John Howard

William Jordan

Jean Parker

Elizabeth Mathews

Robert Barrat

Prison Yard Capt. Grady

Marc Lawrence

Jack Hawkins

Arthur Hohl

Finch

Charles Halton

Leonard Nettleford

Edward Van Sloan

Dr. Rinewulf

Marjorie Main

Miss Katie Mathews

Stanley Andrews

Prison Captain Dorn (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)

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