Penitentiary
Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!
1938 · 1h 14m · Approved
Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
John Brahm
Overview
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
Director and cast
- John Brahm Director
- Walter Connolly as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews
- John Howard as William Jordan
- Jean Parker as Elizabeth Mathews
- Robert Barrat as Prison Yard Capt. Grady
- Marc Lawrence as Jack Hawkins
- Arthur Hohl as Finch
- Charles Halton as Leonard Nettleford
- Edward Van Sloan as Dr. Rinewulf
- Marjorie Main as Miss Katie Mathews
- Stanley Andrews as Prison Captain Dorn (uncredited)
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