State Penitentiary (film)

State Penitentiary
Directed by Lew Landers
Produced by Sam Katzman
Written by Henry Edward Helseth
Screenplay by Howard J. Green
Robert Libott
Frank Burt
Starring Warner Baxter
Onslow Stevens
Karin Booth
Narrated by Leo Cleary
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Edited by James Sweeney
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release dates
  • June 8, 1950 (1950-06-08)
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

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

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