Penitentiary
Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"!
1938 | 74m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Brahm |
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| Writer: | Martin Flavin, Fred Niblo Jr., Seton I. Miller |
| Staring: |
| The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 05, 1938 |
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| Director: | John Brahm |
| Writer: | Martin Flavin, Fred Niblo Jr., Seton I. Miller |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Romance, Crime |
| Keywords | prison, based on novel or book, gangster, prison warden, b movie, district attorney, defense attorney, prison break |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Chuck Hamilton | Stunts |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Stephen Goosson | Art Direction |
| Arthur S. Black Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Frank Goodwin | Sound |
| John P. Livadary | Sound Supervisor |
| Earle D. Bunn | Stunts |
| Art Dupuis | Stunts |
| Irving Lippman | Still Photographer |
| Ben Oakland | Musical |
| Louis Silvers | Musical |
| Martin Flavin | Story |
| Fred Niblo Jr. | Screenplay |
| John Brahm | Director |
| Viola Lawrence | Film Processor |
| Bud Geary | Stunts |
| Ethan Laidlaw | Stunts |
| George Magrill | Stunts |
| Charles Sullivan | Stunts |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Director |
| Seton I. Miller | Screenplay |
| Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert North | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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