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Penitentiary

1938 · John Brahm · 74 min

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

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

Walter ConnollyDist. Atty. Thomas Mathews

John HowardWilliam Jordan

Jean ParkerElizabeth Mathews

Robert BarratPrison Yard Capt. Grady

Marc LawrenceJack Hawkins

Arthur HohlFinch

Charles HaltonLeonard Nettleford

Edward Van SloanDr. Rinewulf

Marjorie MainMiss Katie Mathews

Stanley AndrewsPrison Captain Dorn (uncredited)

Ward BondRed Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)

Cast

Walter ConnollyDist. Atty. Thomas Mathews

John HowardWilliam Jordan

Jean ParkerElizabeth Mathews

Robert BarratPrison Yard Capt. Grady

Marc LawrenceJack Hawkins

Arthur HohlFinch

Charles HaltonLeonard Nettleford

Edward Van SloanDr. Rinewulf

Marjorie MainMiss Katie Mathews

Stanley AndrewsPrison Captain Dorn (uncredited)

Ward BondRed Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)

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