State_Penitentiary_(film)

<i>State Penitentiary</i> (film)

State Penitentiary (film)

1950 film by Lew Landers

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


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