The Big House

6.7
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Run time: 87 min
  • Premiere: 1930. June 14.

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.

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Chester Morris

John Morgan

Wallace Beery

Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

Lewis Stone

Warden James Adams

Robert Montgomery

Kent Marlowe

Leila Hyams

Anne Marlowe

J. C. Nugent

Mr. Marlowe

Karl Dane

Olsen

Claire McDowell

Mrs. Marlowe

Roscoe Ates

Putnam

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)

Art

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Camera

Harold Wenstrom

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

David Cox

Costume Design

Crew

Martin Flavin

Additional Dialogue

Joseph Farnham

Additional Dialogue

Directing

George W. Hill

Director

Harry Sharrock

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Writing

Frances Marion

Dialogue

Art

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Camera

Harold Wenstrom

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

David Cox

Costume Design

Crew

Martin Flavin

Additional Dialogue

Joseph Farnham

Additional Dialogue

Directing

George W. Hill

Director

Harry Sharrock

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Writing

Frances Marion

Dialogue