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Penitentiary(Movie, 1938)

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| 1h 14min | Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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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). ()
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About Penitentiary

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date US: 02/05/1938
Director: John Brahm
Producer: Robert North
Screenwriter: Seton I. Miller
Composer: Morris Stoloff
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Penitenciária"
"Døden i tugthuset"
"Prison centrale"
"Agapi piso ap' ta sidera"
"Penitenziario"
"誰が犯人だ?"
"Vingança de Condenados"
"Fångarnas oskrivna lag"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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