The Big House

Jun 14, 1930

1h 27m

★ 6.7

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

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cosmopolitan Productions

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Cast

John Morgan

Chester Morris

Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

Wallace Beery

Warden James Adams

Lewis Stone

Kent Marlowe

Robert Montgomery

Anne Marlowe

Leila Hyams

Pop

George F. Marion

Mr. Marlowe

J. C. Nugent

Olsen

Karl Dane

Wallace

DeWitt Jennings

Gopher

Matthew Betz

Mrs. Marlowe

Claire McDowell

Donlin

Robert Emmett O'Connor

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