Penitentiary (1938)

February 5, 1938 (US) • Action, Crime, Drama, Romance • 74m

Overview

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

Director

John Brahm

Writers

Seton I. Miller, Martin Flavin, Fred Niblo Jr.

Top Billed

Walter Connolly

Keywords

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

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Top Billed Cast

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

Marjorie Main

Miss Katie Mathews

Stanley Andrews

Prison Captain Dorn (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)

Crew

Robert North

Producer

Ethan Laidlaw

Stunts

Irving Lippman

Still Photographer

Frank Goodwin

Sound

Bud Geary

Stunts

Stephen Goosson

Art Direction

Charles Sullivan

Stunts

Louis Silvers

Musical

Seton I. Miller

Screenplay

Ben Oakland

Musical

Martin Flavin

Story

Fred Niblo Jr.

Screenplay

Lionel Banks

Art Direction

Viola Lawrence

Film Processor

Art Dupuis

Stunts

Chuck Hamilton

Stunts

Morris Stoloff

Music Director

Arthur S. Black Jr.

Assistant Director

Earle D. Bunn

Stunts

George Magrill

Stunts

John P. Livadary

Sound Supervisor

Lucien Ballard

Director of Photography

John Brahm

Director

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Penitentiary (1938)

Seton I. Miller, Martin Flavin, Fred Niblo Jr.

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Status

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