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Dominican Rep. The Big House
- Original title
- The Big House
- Year
- 1930
- Running time
- 87 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Chester Morris
Wallace Beery
Lewis Stone
Robert Montgomery
Leila Hyams
George F. Marion
J.C. Nugent
Karl Dane
DeWitt Jennings
Matthew Betz
Claire McDowell- Robert Emmett O'Connor
Tom Kennedy- See all credits
- Cinematography
Harold Wenstrom (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Thriller | Prison Drama. Crime
- Movie Groups
- Frances Marion Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Young Kent Marlowe, sent to prison for manslaughter, never learns the prison 'code of honor', planting a knife on his cellmate John Morgan, causing Morgan's parole, due to start the next day, to be revoked. Morgan escapes, meets and falls in love with Marlowe's sister, is recaptured and returned to prison where his ex-cellmate, tough-guy murderer Butch Schmidt, has entrusted the details of a planned breakout to the craven Marlowe.
- Awards
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1929: 2 Academy Awards: Best Screenplay & Best Sound. 4 Nominations
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