Jun 14, 1930
87 min
Full-HD

The Big House (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.

Category

Crime Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cosmopolitan Productions

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

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