The Penalty.

Duration: 8 reels

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1941

Creator: Harold S. Bucquet

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt

Description: A gangster hires men to do some work, states they are going to the bank, then holds up the bank. A 16-year-old boy visits his father's girlfriend, who loves furs. At a cabin in the woods, there is a shootout and the girlfriend is killed. Roosty, the boy, is captured and sent to reform school.

Complete Record: THE PENALTY. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a play by Martin Berkeley. Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; director, Harold S. Bucquet; screenplay, Harry Ruskin, John C. Higgins; music score, David Snell; film editor, Ralph Winters. © Loew's Inc.; 11Mar41; LP10318.

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