
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.
Cast

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)
Crew
George W. Hill
Director

Frances Marion
Writer, Story, Dialogue
Blanche Sewell
Editor
Harold Wenstrom
Director of Photography
Harry Sharrock
Assistant Director

Irving Thalberg
Producer
David Cox
Costume Design

Douglas Shearer
Sound
Robert Shirley
Sound
Martin Flavin
Additional Dialogue

Joseph Farnham
Additional Dialogue

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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