PRISON NURSE (1938) Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh & Bernadene Hayes | Drama, Film-Noir | B&W

Prison Nurse is a 1938 American drama film directed by James Cruze and written by Earl Felton and Sidney Salkow. It is based on the 1934 novel Prison Nurse by Louis Berg. The film stars Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh, Bernadene Hayes, Ben Welden, Ray Mayer and John Arledge. The film was released on March 1, 1938, by Republic Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
A typhoid fever breaks out in a state prison and the prison's only doctor gets sick, there are only 3 nurses at the prison to administer vaccines and take care of the inmates, but some are planning to use the chaos to escape.

A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.

CAST & CREW
Directed by James Cruze
Screenplay by Earl Felton, Sidney Salkow
Story by Adele Buffington
Based on Prison Nurse by Louis Berg
Produced by Herman Schlom
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Edited by William Morgan
Music by Alberto Colombo
Production company Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date March 1, 1938
Running time 67 minutes
Country United States
Language English