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Penitentiary

Genres
Action
Crime
Drama
Romance
Rating
No Rating
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1938-02-05
Runtime74 mins

Overview

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

Cast & Crew

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Walter Connolly

as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews

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John Howard

as William Jordan

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Jean Parker

as Elizabeth Mathews

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Robert Barrat

as Prison Yard Capt. Grady

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Marc Lawrence

as Jack Hawkins

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Arthur Hohl

as Finch

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Charles Halton

as Leonard Nettleford

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Edward Van Sloan

as Dr. Rinewulf

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Marjorie Main

as Miss Katie Mathews

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Stanley Andrews

as Prison Captain Dorn (uncredited)

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Ward Bond

as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)

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