The Big House
CrimeDrama
6.5/10
|US
|en
|87 min
Release Date: 1930-06-14
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCosmopolitan Productions
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
This is one of my favourite early examples of the dog-eat-dog world in prison as the young “Marlowe” (Robert Montgomery) is sent down for a decade after a road accident led to a fatality. Not surprisingly, he’s as anxious as hell - not least when he learns that he is to share facilities with “Morgan” (Chester Morris) and convicted murderer “Butch” (Wallace Beery). The governor (Lewis Stone) is bro...
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