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The Big House

Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!

6.6(56)19301h 27m1

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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English
  • prison
  • prison cell
  • inmate
  • pre-code
  • manslaughter
  • incarceration
  • prison break attempt

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereMinneapolis, Minnesota7 Jun 1930
    • TheatricalNR14 Jun 1930

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The Big House was released on 14 June 1930.

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    CinemaSerf

    10/12/2025

    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 broadly sympathetic, as…

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