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The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
Top billed cast
Walter ConnollyDist. Atty. Thomas Mathews
John HowardWilliam Jordan
Jean ParkerElizabeth Mathews
Robert BarratPrison Yard Capt. Grady
Marc LawrenceJack Hawkins
Arthur HohlFinch
Charles HaltonLeonard Nettleford
Edward Van SloanDr. Rinewulf
Marjorie MainMiss Katie Mathews
Stanley AndrewsPrison Captain Dorn (uncredited)
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