The Big House

June. 14,1930      NR
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Chester Morris as  John Morgan
Wallace Beery as  Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Lewis Stone as  Warden James Adams
Robert Montgomery as  Kent Marlowe
Leila Hyams as  Anne Marlowe
George F. Marion as  Pop
J. C. Nugent as  Mr. Marlowe
Karl Dane as  Olsen
DeWitt Jennings as  Wallace
Matthew Betz as  Gopher

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