Penitentiary(1938)
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.
Movie: Penitentiary
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews
William Jordan
Elizabeth Mathews
Prison Yard Capt. Grady
Jack Hawkins
Finch
Leonard Nettleford
Dr. Rinewulf
Miss Katie Mathews
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.
Release 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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