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Prison Nurse

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1938-03-02

Runtime: 67 mins

Director: James Cruze

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Prison Nurse

Production Companies: Republic Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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