The Penalty

The Penalty

Find the Blonde and Get the Gangster!

1941 · 80 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama, Crime

In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy sees it all. Fortunately the courts intervene and send the lad off to live with a family of farmers.

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet · Written by John C. Higgins

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MovieComedyDrama
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In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
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6.81940
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Young Dr. KildareYoung Dr. Kildare · 1938
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6.71938
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Dragon SeedDragon Seed · 1944
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