Penitentiary Drama Whipping Your Emotions to Fever Pitch!; ONE LESS...FOR THE "BIG HOUSE"! The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted. Details Casts Galleries Posters Title Penitentiary Release Date 1938-02-05 Runtime 01 Hours 14 Minutes Genres Action Crime Drama Romance Production Companies Columbia Pictures Production Countries United States of America Walter Connolly... Dist. Atty. Thomas Mathew... John Howard... William Jordan... Jean Parker... Elizabeth Mathews... Robert Barrat... Prison Yard Capt. Grady... Marc Lawrence... Jack Hawkins... Arthur Hohl... Finch... Charles Halton... Leonard Nettleford... Edward Van Sloan... Dr. Rinewulf... Marjorie Main... Miss Katie Mathews... Stanley Andrews... Prison Captain Dorn (uncr... Ward Bond... Red Parsons - Prison Barb... Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1768x2652)