Millionaires in Prison

Jul 12, 1940

1h 4m

★ 6.1

Self-crowned king of a gray-walled world of treacherous men... He out-schemed, out-talked, out-fought them all!

Overview

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Nick Burton

Lee Tracy

Helen Hewitt

Linda Hayes

Bruce Vander

Raymond Walburn

James Brent

Morgan Conway

Dr. William 'Bill' Collins

Truman Bradley

May Thomas

Virginia Vale

Happy

Cliff Edwards

Paul Guilfoyle

Harold Kellogg

Thurston Hall

Sidney Keats

Chester Clute

Professor

Shemp Howard

Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)

Horace McMahon

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