21 Oct 1988
Ariel
After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes.
Millionaires in Prison
Self-crowned king of a gray-walled world of treacherous men... He out-schemed, out-talked, out-fought them all!
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Top Billed Cast
Lee Tracy Nick Burton
Linda Hayes Helen Hewitt
Raymond Walburn Bruce Vander
Morgan Conway James Brent
Truman Bradley Dr. William 'Bill' Collins
Virginia Vale May Thomas
Cliff Edwards Happy
Paul Guilfoyle Ox
Thurston Hall Harold Kellogg
Chester Clute Sidney Keats
Shemp Howard Professor
Horace McMahon Sylvester Odgen 'SOS' Schofield (as Horace MacMahon)
Thomas E. Jackson Warden Tom Hammond
Elliott Sullivan Tony Brody
Selmer Jackson Dr. Harry Lindsay
Vinton Hayworth 'Windy' Windsor (as Jack Arnold)
Brooks Benedict Reporter (uncredited)
Leo Cleary Deputy Taking Collins to Prison (uncredited)
Richard Cramer Guard Finding Keats' Menu (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson Mike, a Reporter (uncredited)
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