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Wallace Beery was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Big House, cementing his career in sound films, and won the following year for The Champ (1931).
The Big House: Directed by George W. Hill, Ward Wing. With Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery. A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- George W. Hill, Ward Wing
- 1930-06-14
The association began well when Beery played the savage convict Butch, a role originally intended for Lon Chaney (who died that same year), in the highly successful 1930 prison film The Big House, directed by George W. Hill; Beery was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
'The Big House' tells the story of Kent (Robert Montgomery), a young man who is sent to Sing Sing prison for vehicular manslaughter. He is put in a cell with two hardened career criminals, played by Wallace Beery and Chester Morris. One of the cons escapes and falls in love with Kent's sister.
Wallace Beery was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Big House, cementing his career in sound films, and won the following year for The Champ (1931).
Feb 18, 2020 · Hit and run society boy Kent (Robert Montgomery) is thrown into a cell with machine gun murderer Butch (Wallace Beery) and prolific thief Morgan (Chester Morris). Butch is scheming an escape, Morgan is waiting for parole, and Kent is trying to stay alive, and might snitch on his roommates to insure it.
Feb 24, 2015 · One is played by Wallace Beery. He's a stone cold killer named Butch. The other guy is a robber played by the square jawed Chester Morris. Despite the way it begins, it becomes immediately apparent that Morgan (the Chester Morris character) is the real star of the piece. He is top billed for a reason.
