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Columbia Pictures presents

State Penitentiary

directed by Lew Landers

“SAVAGE REALISM FILMED BEHIND PRISON WALLS !”

19501h 6mNRDrama

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Columbia Pictures presents

State Penitentiary

directed by Lew Landers

“SAVAGE REALISM FILMED BEHIND PRISON WALLS !”

19501h 6mNRDrama

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§ Synopsis

Drama · Adventure · Crime

A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.

§ Keywords

what it's about

prison wrongly accused

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Screenplay

Howard J. Green

Cinematography

§ Cast

8 of 10

Warner Baxter

as Rodger Manners

Onslow Stevens

as Richard Evans

Karin Booth

as Shirley Manners

Robert Shayne

as Stanley Brown

Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

Brett King

as Al 'Kid' Beaumont

John Bleifer

as Jailbreak Jimmy

Leo Cleary

as Warden-Narrator

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