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14 June 1930 (USA)
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Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 2 nominations
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Laurel & Hardy send up of this film
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chester Morris | ... | John Morgan |
 | Wallace Beery | ... | 'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt |
| Lewis Stone | ... | Warden James Adams |
 | Robert Montgomery | ... | Kent Marlowe |
| Leila Hyams | ... | Anne Marlowe |
| George F. Marion | ... | Pop Riker |
| J.C. Nugent | ... | Mr. Marlowe |
| Karl Dane | ... | Olsen |
| DeWitt Jennings | ... | Capt. Wallace |
| Matthew Betz | ... | Gopher (as Mathew Betz) |
| Claire McDowell | ... | Mrs. Marlowe |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... | Police Sgt. Donlin (as Robert Emmet O'Connor) |
| Tom Kennedy | ... | Uncle Jed |
| Tom Wilson | ... | Sandy, Guard |
| Eddie Foyer | ... | Dopey |
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USA:87 min
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1.20 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Wallace Beery's mess-hall diatribe is parodied by Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), when he goes undercover in the prison and complains about the quality of the food.
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For those who tend to chuckle at the now antiquated clichés in this film may I suggest that after you see it you view Laurel & Hardy in "Pardon Us". It is a hilarious send up of "The Big House". You will find that many segments of the Pardon Us are almost direct scene for scene lampoons of the very popular "Big House". In fact many of the scenes in "Pardon Us" were filmed on the sets used for "The Big House". Walter Long takes the part of Butch (Wallace Beery) If I am not mistaken Pardon Us is the boys first feature length film. A favorite of mine. "The Big House" is a very enjoyable early talkie but for entertainment value I find Pardon Us much more fun.