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The Big House is a 1930 English-language drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Cosmopolitan Productions. Directed by George W. Hill and produced by Irving Thalberg, the movie features Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, and Chester Morris. Frances Marion, Martin Flavin, Joseph Farnham, and Lennox Robinson served as screenwriters, with Louis Silvers composing the score and Blanche Sewell editing. Cedric Gibbons designed the production.
The film is categorized as a crime, prison, romance, and thriller movie. It belongs to the Pre-Code Hollywood movement and is presented in black-and-white. The runtime is 87 minutes. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix via video on demand. The tagline describes it as a "Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!"
The Big House received an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Picture. Review scores include 7.2 out of 10, 75 percent, a 7.1 rating, and a 6.6 vote average. Keywords associated with the film include prison, prison cell, inmate, pre-code, and manslaughter.
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Film · TMDB
6.6Convicted 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.
Cast
- Chester Morris as John Morgan
- Wallace Beery as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
- Lewis Stone as Warden James Adams
- Robert Montgomery as Kent Marlowe
- Leila Hyams as Anne Marlowe
- George F. Marion as Pop
Themes
- prison
- prison cell
- inmate
- pre-code
- manslaughter
- incarceration
- prison break attempt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- George W. Hill
- Screenwriter
- Lennox Robinson
- Cast member
- Tom Wilson
- Composer
- Louis Silvers
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 170080
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Big House film poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1930-01-01
- film editor
- Blanche Sewell
- title
- The Big House
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- Commons category
- The Big House (1930 film)
- review score
- 75%
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