| State Penitentiary | |
| Director: | Lew Landers |
| Producer: | Sam Katzman |
| Screenplay: | Howard J. Green Robert Libott Frank Burt |
| Narrator: | Leo Cleary |
| Starring: | Warner Baxter Onslow Stevens Karin Booth |
| Music: | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography: | Ira H. Morgan |
| Editing: | James Sweeney |
| Studio: | Sam Katzman Productions |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 66 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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.[1]
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.[2] Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his former partner Stanley Brown.[3]