Millionaires in Prison (1940)
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The title of Millionaires in Prison (which begs for the rejoinder "about time!") pertains to four individuals. Two of the incarcerated millionaires, Bruce Vander (Raymond Walburn) and Harold Kellogg (Thurston Hall) have become the fall guys in a corporate swindle; the other two are brokers James Brent (Morgan Conway) and Sidney Keats (Chester Clute), who scheme to arrange an illicit stock deal in the joint. Prisoner Nick Burton (Lee Tracy) - the unofficial leader of the convicts - runs the prison like a resort, and treats the other inmates like kings. In the central story, Dr. William Collins (Truman Bradley) - a physician locked up for driving recklessly - discovers the cure for Malta fever and uses four infected prisoners as test subjects. Director Ray McCarey obviously didn't put a high priority on credibility when making Millionaires in Prison; of this, Variety wrote, "Some situations are implausible, but good for laughs." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Lee Tracy - Nick Burton
- Raymond Walburn - Bruce Vander
- Truman Bradley - Dr. Wm. Collins
- Paul Guilfoyle - Ox
- Chester Clute - Sidney Keats
- Thomas E. Jackson - Warden Hammond
- Selmar Jackson - Dr. Lindsay
- Horace McMahon - SOS
- Linda Hayes - Helen Hewitt
- Morgan Conway - James Brent
- Virginia Vale - May Thomas
- Thurston Hall - Harold Kellogg
- Shemp Howard - Professor
- Elliott Sullivan - Brody
- Cliff Edwards - Happy
- Vinton Haworth - Windsor
- Director(s):
- Ray McCarey
- Writer(s):
- Frank Fenton, Lynn Root, Frank Fenton
- Producer(s):
- Howard Benedict
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