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Penitentiary(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-02-05
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Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!
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The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: Penitentiary
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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)
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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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1938-02-05
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Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!
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