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Convict 99 (1938)

Convict 99 (1938)

Comedy
Release Date: 1938, September 26
Directors: Marcel Varnel
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Gainsborough Pictures, Gainsborough Pictures
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Garry Marsh, Dennis Wyndham, Googie Withers, George Merritt, Kathleen Harrison, Will Hay, Teddy Brown, Graham Moffatt, Leonard Sharp, Peter Gawthorne, Wilfred Walter

Overview:

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.