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PENITENTIARY

Directed by John Brahm
United States, 1938
Action, Crime
  • 101101 minutes

Synopsis

A District Attorney becomes a Prison Warden, and finds himself overseeing the sentence of a meek man who he’d once prosecuted as the D.A.. He discovers his new job is more complex than he’d thought, especially with this meek prisoner.

Synopsis

A District Attorney becomes a Prison Warden, and finds himself overseeing the sentence of a meek man who he’d once prosecuted as the D.A.. He discovers his new job is more complex than he’d thought, especially with this meek prisoner.