Penitentiary

Penitentiary (1938)

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  • Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1938-02-05
  • Runtime: 1h 14min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Brahm

Summary

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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  • 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)
  • Ward Bond

    as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
Production Robert North Producer
Crew Ethan Laidlaw Stunts
Camera Irving Lippman Still Photographer
Sound Frank Goodwin Sound
Crew Bud Geary Stunts
Art Stephen Goosson Art Direction
Crew Charles Sullivan Stunts
Writing Louis Silvers Musical
Writing Seton I. Miller Screenplay
Writing Ben Oakland Musical
Writing Martin Flavin Story
Writing Fred Niblo Jr. Screenplay
Art Lionel Banks Art Direction
Crew Viola Lawrence Film Processor
Crew Art Dupuis Stunts
Crew Chuck Hamilton Stunts
Sound Morris Stoloff Music Director
Directing Arthur S. Black Jr. Assistant Director
Crew Earle D. Bunn Stunts
Crew George Magrill Stunts
Sound John P. Livadary Sound Supervisor
Camera Lucien Ballard Director of Photography
Directing John Brahm Director