Reformatory (1938)
A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.
Top billed cast
Jack HoltRobert Dean
Bobby JordanPinkey Leonard
Charlotte WyntersAdele Webster
Grant MitchellArnold Frayne
Tommy BuppFibber Regan
Frankie DarroLouie Miller
Ward BondMac Grady
Sheila BromleyMrs. Regan
Vernon DentCook Howard
Greta GranstedtMillie
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