The Big House

Plot

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.

  • George W. Hill

    Director

  • Frances Marion

    Dialogue

  • Frances Marion

    Writer

  • Frances Marion

    Story

  • Harold Wenstrom

    Director of Photography

  • Blanche Sewell

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    87 minutes

    Released

    1930-06-14

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Cosmopolitan Productions

    Updated

    367 days ago

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