The Big House
44 reviews
Crime/Drama
1h 27m
1930
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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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.
- DirectorGeorge W. Hill
- Release14 June 1930
- Genre
- Duration1h 27m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate44 reviews
- Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
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

Roscoe Ates
Putnam

Fletcher Norton
Oliver

Noah Beery Jr.
Convict in Yard (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin
Inmate (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux
Morgan's Lawyer (uncredited)

Herbert Prior
Prison Doctor (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Inmate #46375 (uncredited)

Angelo Rossitto
Inmate (uncredited)
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