State Penitentiary (film)
| State Penitentiary | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Written by | Henry Edward Helseth |
| Screenplay by | Howard J. Green Robert Libott Frank Burt |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | Warner Baxter Onslow Stevens Karin Booth |
| Narrated by | Leo Cleary |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | James Sweeney |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
State Penitentiary is a 1950 drama film directed by Lew Landers, starring Warner Baxter and Onslow Stevens. The prison scenes in this film were photographed in the state penitentiary at Carson City, Nevada.[1]
One year after completing his final film, State Penitentiary, Warner Baxter died as a result of cranial surgery, which was intended to relieve his long struggle with arthritis on May 7, 1951.[2]
Plot summary
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Roger Manners (Warner Baxter), a former aircraft manufacturer is wrongly accused and convicted of embezzlement of $400,000 and is given a long prison sentence. His wife, Shirley (Karin Booth), tries to prove his innocence.[3] Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his ex-partner Stanley Brown (Robert Shayne).[4]
Cast
- Warner Baxter as Roger Manners
- Onslow Stevens as Richard Evans
- Karin Booth as Shirley Manners
- Robert Shayne as Stanley Brown
- Richard Benedict as Mike Gavin
- Brett King as Al 'Kid' Beaumont
- John Bleifer as Jailbreak Jimmy
- Leo Cleary as Warden-Narrator (as Leo T. Cleary)
- Rick Vallin as Tom – Prison Guard
- Rusty Wescoatt as 'Flash' Russell – Convict
- William Fawcett as Bill Costello – Convict
- John Hart as 'Sandy' O'Hara – Convict
- Jack Ingram as Construction Gang Guard
References
- ^ "State Penitentiary (1950) - Notes". TCM.com.
- ^ "Warner Baxter - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
- ^ "State Penitentiary". 8 June 1950 – via IMDb.
- ^ "State Penitentiary (1950) - Lew Landers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
External links
- State Penitentiary at IMDb
- State Penitentiary at AllMovie
- State Penitentiary at the TCM Movie Database
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