The Big House

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

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.

Crime Drama

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))

Angelo Rossitto

(Inmate (uncredited))