State Penitentiary (film)

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State Penitentiary
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Directed by Lew Landers
Written byHenry Edward Helseth
Screenplay by Howard J. Green
Robert Libott
Frank Burt
Produced by Sam Katzman
Starring Warner Baxter
Onslow Stevens
Karin Booth
Narrated byLeo Cleary
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Edited by James Sweeney
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1950 (1950-06-08)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

State Penitentiary is a 1950 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Warner Baxter (in his last film role) and Onslow Stevens. The film's prison scenes were photographed at the state penitentiary at Carson City, Nevada. [1]

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Plot summary

Roger Manners, a former aircraft manufacturer, is wrongly convicted of having embezzled $400,000 and is given a long prison sentence. His wife Shirley tries to prove his innocence. [2] Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his former partner Stanley Brown. [3]

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References

  1. "State Penitentiary (1950) - Notes". TCM.com.
  2. "State Penitentiary". 8 June 1950 via IMDb.
  3. "State Penitentiary (1950) - Lew Landers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.