Penitentiary
6.6
“Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!”
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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Cast
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Walter Connolly
Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews
Known for
It Happened One Night
Twentieth Century
John Howard
William Jordan
Known for
The Philadelphia Story
Lost Horizon
Jean Parker
Elizabeth Mathews
Known for
The Flying Deuces
The Gunfighter
Robert Barrat
Prison Yard Capt. Grady
Known for
Captain Blood
Distant Drums
Marc Lawrence
Jack Hawkins
Known for
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Man with the Golden Gun
Arthur Hohl
Finch
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
The Whole Town's Talking
Charles Halton
Leonard Nettleford
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Edward Van Sloan
Dr. Rinewulf
Known for
Frankenstein
Dracula
Marjorie Main
Miss Katie Mathews
Known for
Heaven Can Wait
Meet Me in St. Louis
Stanley Andrews
Prison Captain Dorn (uncredited)
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Meet John Doe
Ward Bond
Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
The Searchers
John Brahm Director · Seton I. Miller Screenplay Fred Niblo Jr. Screenplay
United States release February 5, 1938 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 5, 1938
Theatrical
United States
July 1, 1949 · Theatrical · re-release
Denmark
April 4, 1938 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 16, 1940 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 12, 1938 · Theatrical
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