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.
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. Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his former partner Stanley Brown.
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