Convict 99
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Incompetent Headmaster Dr. Benjamin Twist is sacked from his job at St. Michaels' School and when he applies for a job
at another school he is mistaken for a prison governor called John Benjamin and given a job at Blakedown Prison in Devon.
On arrival at the prison he is mistaken for an escaped prisoner and is initially jailed before being reinstated as the Governor.
Cast In Alphabetical Order
Alf Goddard as Sykes
Basil McGrail as Bates
Basil Radford as Deputy Governor
Dennis Wyndham as Head Warder
Garry Marsh as Johnson
Googie Withers as Lottie
Graham Moffatt as Albert Brown
Graham Soutten as Raymond
Kathleen Harrison as Mabel
Moore Marriott as Jerry the Mole
Peter Gawthorne as Sir Cyril
Teddy Brown as Slim Charlie
Wilfred Walter as Max Slessor
Will Hay as Dr. Benjamin Twist
Crew
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Produced by Edward Black
Written by Jack Davis Jr, Marriott Edgar, Val Guest & Ralph Smart
Released 26th September 1938
Runtime 91 Minutes