The Big House (1930)
- 7.1
- 87 mins
- Crime, Drama
Storyline
After a manslaughter conviction from drunk driving, nice but foolish Kent is sent to a prison over-crowded and unable to properly deal with its inmates. There he meets veteran criminals like Morgan and his hardened pal Butch. And the system punishes them all, turning them against each other and bringing out the worst.—Ken Yousten
Plot Keywords
brother sister relationship, white flag, chaplain, bookstore, illiteracy, calendar, bunk bed, mugshot, hostage, false accusation, machine gun, parole, coward, crooked lawyer, cockroach, fear, fistfight, gardener, gun battle, gunfire
Short Review
It's an outsized, abstracted version of everyday life circa 1930.
Trailer
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