Penitentiary (1938)
1h 14m
Running Time
February 5, 1938Release Date
Penitentiary (1938)
1h 14m
Running Time
February 5, 1938Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Walter Connolly
Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathews
John Howard
William Jordan
Jean Parker
Elizabeth Mathews
Marc Lawrence
Jack Hawkins
Robert Barrat
Prison Yard Capt. Grady
Arthur Hohl
Finch
John Brahm
Director
Martin Flavin
Writer
Charles Halton
Leonard Nettleford
Seton I. Miller
Writer
Edward Van Sloan
Dr. Rinewulf
Fred Niblo Jr.
Writer
Marjorie Main
Miss Katie Mathews
Robert North
Producer
Stanley Andrews
Prison Captain Dorn (uncredited)
Robert North
Producer
Ward Bond
Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer
Louis Silvers
Musical
Stephen Goosson
Art Direction
Lionel Banks
Art Direction
Bud Geary
Stunts
Ben Oakland
Musical
Chuck Hamilton
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 5, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Penitentiary is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Walter Connolly, John Howard, Jean Parker and Robert Barrat. It was the second Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin, after Howard Hawk's The Criminal Code (1930) and followed by Henry Levin's Convicted (1950).