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The Big House

The Big House1930

★6.687 minCrimeDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Stars

Chester Morris Wallace Beery Lewis Stone

Cast22

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
Claire McDowell
as Mrs. Marlowe
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Donlin
Tom Wilson
as Sandy
E
Eddie Foyer
as Dopey
Roscoe Ates
as Putnam
Fletcher Norton
as Oliver
Noah Beery Jr.
as Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
as Inmate (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Morgan's Lawyer (uncredited)
Herbert Prior
as Prison Doctor (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Inmate #46375 (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
as Inmate (uncredited)

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