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Columbia Pictures presents

Penitentiary

directed by John Brahm

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

19381h 14mNRAction

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Columbia Pictures presents

Penitentiary

directed by John Brahm

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

19381h 14mNRAction

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§ Synopsis

Action · Crime · Drama · Romance

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

§ Keywords

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

§ Crew

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Director

Screenplay

Seton I. Miller

Cinematography

§ Cast

8 of 11

Walter Connolly

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

Charles Halton

as Leonard Nettleford

Edward Van Sloan

Edward Van Sloan

as Dr. Rinewulf

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