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The Big House (1930)
87 mins
type: 
genre(s):
CRIME
DRAMA
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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namecharacter
Roscoe Ates Putnam
Noah Beery Jr. Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Wallace Beery Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Matthew Betz Gopher
Karl Dane Olsen
Eddie Foyer Dopey
Leila Hyams Anne Marlowe
DeWitt Jennings Wallace
George F. Marion Pop
Chris-Pin Martin Inmate (uncredited)
Claire McDowell Mrs. Marlowe
Robert Montgomery Kent Marlowe
Chester Morris John Morgan
Louis Natheaux Morgan's Lawyer (uncredited)
Fletcher Norton Oliver
J. C. Nugent Mr. Marlowe
Robert Emmett O'Connor Donlin
Herbert Prior Prison Doctor (uncredited)
Lewis Stone Warden James Adams
Harry Wilson Inmate #46375 (uncredited)
Tom Wilson Sandy
name 
George W. Hill director
Frances Marion writer (original), screenplay
Irving Thalberg producer
awardcategorynameyear
Academy Award Best Screenplay Frances Marion 1930
 
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