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State Penitentiary is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 8 june 1950 with Warner Baxter
State Penitentiary (1950)
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Add to a movie listState Penitentiary is a 1950 Drama 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.
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.
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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. Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his ex-partner Stanley Brown (Robert Shayne).Actors
Warner Baxter
(Rodger Manners)
Onslow Stevens
(Richard Evans)
Karin Booth
(Shirley Manners)
Robert Shayne
(Stanley Brown)
Richard Benedict
(Mike Gavin)
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