The Jailhouse

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The Jailhouse
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Directed byBilly Lewis
Written byBilly Lewis
Produced byBilly Lewis
Heath Franklin
Brandon Luck
Starring C. Thomas Howell
Lindsey McKeon
Darren Dalton
Rey Valentin
Siri Baruc
Sahr Ngaujah
Nate Panning
Mark Darby Robinson
Ken Aguilar
Madison Weidberg
Phillip Troy Linger
Keith Minor
CinematographyJoe Stauffer
Edited byJoe Stauffer
Music byAlex Beard
Distributed byAmerican World Pictures, 3L Productions, Galvanized Films
Release dates
  • May 1, 2009 (2009-05-01)(Cape Fear)
  • May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)(United States)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Jailhouse is a 2009 American psychological thriller film starring C. Thomas Howell, Lindsey McKeon, Rey Valentin and Darren Dalton. It was written and directed by Billy Lewis and produced by Brandon Luck and Heath Franklin. [1] The film features a family moving into a house that used to be a jail when they discover it's haunted. The Jailhouse premiered on May 1, 2009 at the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival, [2] was released in 16 theaters in 10 states beginning May 4, 2010. The Jailhouse made its world television premiere on the Chiller Network on February 4, 2011 [3]

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  1. THE JAILHOUSE (Film Review) Archived 2009-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "'One Tree Hill' actor hosts indie film fest". Wilmington Star News. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. Hotz, Amy (3 February 2011). "Film shot at old Pender jail gets new life on cable network". Star News Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-02-18.