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  1. After being convicted of manslaughter, drunk driver Kent Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) is inducted into the rigors of prison life. He befriends fellow cons "Machine Gun" Butch Schmidt (Wallace Beery...

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  2. Review. Kent (Robert Montgomery) arrives in prison and is put in a cell with Butch (Wallace Beery) and Morgan (Chester Morris), a couple of hardened criminals who run the place. Kent is warned by them to choose his friends wisely. He doesn't.

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    • Crime, Drama, Thriller
    • George W. Hill, Ward Wing
    • 1930-06-14
  3. The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it ...

  4. Twenty years earlier, and without the constraints of the Hays Code, there was The Big House, a gritty drama lifting the lid on what goes on inside a men's prison. Robert Montgomery is convicted and sent to an overcrowded prison after a drunk driving incident.

  5. Jan 24, 2019 · Classic Review: The Big House (1930) The grandfather of all prison movies is still engaging. Synopsis: 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. (IMDB)

  6. Apr 19, 2013 · The only thing anyone gets out of the big house itself is a lesson in brutal, cyclical violence. The Big House remains one of the best illustrations of how to make a message picture right. Thanks to some great acting and a smart script, the film remains fresh and troubling to this day.

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  8. 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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