The Big House

1h 27m
CrimeDrama
6.5

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
Robert Shirley
Sound
Douglas Shearer
Sound
Joseph Farnham
Additional Dialogue
Martin Flavin
Additional Dialogue
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

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