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The Big House

Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!

1930 · NR · 1h 27m

Directed by George W. Hill

6.5

TMDB audience score
57 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Noah Beery Jr.
    Convict in Yard (uncredited)

  • Chris-Pin Martin
    Inmate (uncredited)