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The Big House

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

1930 · 1h 27m · 6.6 on TMDB

NR

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.

Cast

Chester Morris
John Morgan
Wallace Beery
Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Lewis Stone
Warden James Adams
Robert Montgomery
Kent Marlowe

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Anne Marlowe

George F. Marion

George F. Marion

Pop

J. C. Nugent

J. C. Nugent

Mr. Marlowe

Karl Dane

Karl Dane

Olsen

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Wallace

Matthew Betz

Matthew Betz

Gopher

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

Mrs. Marlowe

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Donlin

Awards

Best Picture · 1929nomineeOscars

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cosmopolitan Productions

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Released: June 14, 1930

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