Penitentiary (1938)
- Directed by
- John Brahm
- Genre
- drama film, prison film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man is sent to prison after a crime goes wrong. Inside, he struggles with the harsh system and tries to prove his innocence.
tensebleakclaustrophobicdramaticsomberurgentrestrainednoirish
What happens
Penitentiary is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Walter Connolly, John Howard, Jean Parker and Robert Barrat. It was the second Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin, after Howard Hawk's The Criminal Code (1931) and followed by Henry Levin's Convicted (1950). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Behind Prison Gates (1939)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.