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State Penitentiary

[1950, Movie]

State Penitentiary: Review

A cliche melodrama actually photographed in the Nevada State Penitentiary has Baxter serving time for an embezzlement scheme of which he is innocent. He escapes with the intention of capturing the real culprit, Shayne, the subject of investigation Baxter's wife (Booth). The police, in pursuit of the fugitive, are led to Shayne, bringing him back to prison in place of Baxter. This was Warner Baxter's last film. He died the next year from medical complications following a volu... read more