The Big House (1930)
6.7|14 Jun, 1930|87 min
Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!
6.7|14 Jun, 1930|87 min
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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.
Keywords
prison
prison cell
inmate
pre-code
manslaughter
incarceration
prison break attempt
Casts
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)
Louis Natheaux
Morgan's Lawyer (uncredited)
Herbert Prior
Prison Doctor (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Inmate #46375 (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
Inmate (uncredited)
Crews
Joseph Farnham
Additional Dialogue
Harold Wenstrom
Director of Photography
George W. Hill
Director
Frances Marion
Story
Frances Marion
Dialogue
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Martin Flavin
Additional Dialogue
Blanche Sewell
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Harry Sharrock
Assistant Director
Robert Shirley
Sound
Douglas Shearer
Sound
David Cox
Costume Design
Frances Marion
Writer
Backdrops & Posters
