State Penitentiary (film)

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]

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
Production company	Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 8, 1950 (1950-06-08)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

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