As a crop of millionaire inmates struggles to acclimate to prison life, inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.As a crop of millionaire inmates struggles to acclimate to prison life, inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.As a crop of millionaire inmates struggles to acclimate to prison life, inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Horace McMahon
- Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield
- (as Horace MacMahon)
Vinton Hayworth
- 'Windy' Windsor
- (as Jack Arnold)
Brooks Benedict
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe disease Dr. Collins is researching is called Malta fever in this film. The medical term for this bacterial infection is brucellosis. It is treated with antibiotics, which were not being widely used at the time of this film.
- GoofsAt about the 24 minute mark when Harold is complaining to Bruce about there being no cuffs on the prison uniform pants the boom mic shadow can be seen moving back and forth on the wall behind them.
- Quotes
Happy: I'd like to have you meet "The Professor." Quite the ladies man until he retired to this joint. Married 3 dames at the same time.
James Brent: Bigamy, eh?
Professor: No. Two wives is bigamy. Three is trigamy. Ha ha ha.
- SoundtracksWishing (Will Make It So)
(1939)
Music and lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva
Sung a cappella by Cliff Edwards twice
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Pasteur of the Prison
A thoroughly "Pac Man" plot that busily chews its way through any scenario of reason, this film features a cure for "Malta Fever", a con scheme involving a copper mine, and two rich men trying to improve prison cuisine. There is also two love stories of a sort and a murder off-screen featuring a convict shoved into a furnace. Lee Tracey stars with a great group of character actors, Raymond Walburn, Thurston Hall, Shemp Howard and Chester Clute. Top it off with Horace McMahon and Cliff Edwards and who wouldn't bite.
It's another country club prison where the warden admits if he were fired, he wouldn't run the place without Mickey Burke (Tracey) who, indeed seems to be the general manager of the place. Burke has stuck up a joint to get money to marry his girlfriend and is rather happily serving an eight year stretch. Its all total nonsense, but these are the mugs anyone would serve time with.
It's another country club prison where the warden admits if he were fired, he wouldn't run the place without Mickey Burke (Tracey) who, indeed seems to be the general manager of the place. Burke has stuck up a joint to get money to marry his girlfriend and is rather happily serving an eight year stretch. Its all total nonsense, but these are the mugs anyone would serve time with.
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- dogwater-1
- Jan 31, 2012
Details
- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Millionaires in Prison (1940) officially released in Canada in English?
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