The Big House (1930)
1h 27m
Running Time
June 14, 1930Release Date
The Big House (1930)
1h 27m
Running Time
June 14, 1930Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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)
Frances Marion
Dialogue / Story / Writer
Joseph Farnham
Additional Dialogue
Media.
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Wiki.
The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this genre.
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