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Penitentiary

1938
Directed byJohn Brahm
1h 14m

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

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Walter ConnollyDist. Atty. Thomas MathewsJohn HowardWilliam JordanJean ParkerElizabeth Mathews
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Stanley AndrewsPrison Captain Dorn (uncredited)
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GENRES
ActionCrimeDramaRomance
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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