Feb 05, 1938
74 min
Full-HD

Penitentiary (1938)

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

Category

Action Crime Drama Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

Columbia Pictures

Walter Connolly

Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews

John Howard

William Jordan

Jean Parker

Elizabeth Mathews

Robert Barrat

Prison Yard Capt. Grady

Marc Lawrence

Jack Hawkins

Arthur Hohl

Finch

Charles Halton

Leonard Nettleford

Edward Van Sloan

Dr. Rinewulf

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