Action ·Crime ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1938 · 1h 14m

Penitentiary

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Director

Cast

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

Crew

Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography Seton I. Miller — Screenplay Fred Niblo Jr. — Screenplay Martin Flavin — Story Robert North — Producer

Tagline

Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!

Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes

prison based on novel or book gangster prison warden b movie district attorney defense attorney prison break

Key Collaborators

John Brahm Director Lucien Ballard Director of Photography Seton I. Miller Screenplay Fred Niblo Jr. Screenplay Martin Flavin Story Robert North Producer

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