The Big House Movie Review 1930

Prison melodrama at its best follows top con Beery as he plans a big breakout--and is betrayed. Life in the pen is depicted as brutal and futile, with sadistic guards and a hapless warden. Spawned numerous imitators.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 80 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

Frances Marion

Cast

Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion, Karl (Daen) Dane, DeWitt Jennings

Director

George Hill

Producer

MGM