Film
The Big House
1930 · 1h 27m · Crime · Drama
Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!
- IMDb
- 7.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 75%
- Metacritic
- 74
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Overview
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
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Cast
Chester Morris
John Morgan
Wallace Beery
Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Lewis Stone
Warden James Adams
Robert Montgomery
Kent Marlowe
Leila Hyams
Anne Marlowe
George F. Marion
Pop
J. C. Nugent
Mr. Marlowe
Karl Dane
Olsen
DeWitt Jennings
Wallace
Matthew Betz
Gopher
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Marlowe
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Donlin
Tom Wilson
Sandy
Eddie Foyer
Dopey
Roscoe Ates
Putnam
Fletcher Norton
Oliver
Crew
- George W. HillDirector
- Frances MarionStory · Writer
- Irving ThalbergProducer
- Harold WenstromDirector of Photography
- Blanche SewellEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 14, 1930
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
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