The Big House
1930, Crime/Drama, 1h 27m
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'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt
John 'Morg' Morgan, alias John Everett
Kent Marlowe
Warden James Adams
Anne Marlowe (sister)
Pop Riker (guard)
Critic Reviews for The Big House
All Critics (8) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (2)
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It's an outsized, abstracted version of everyday life circa 1930.
April 7, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Dialogue cannot carry the mood, the film as a whole is the vehicle. The accusations therefore remain incidents -- passing and unemphatic. Whatever suggestion of social guilt they contain is dissipated by the events of the story, and their treatment.
September 6, 2019 | Full Review… -
George W. Hill expertly directed the film and some of the scenes with prisoners en masse are beautifully choreographed. I love how cinematographer Harold Wenstrom plays with light and shadow especially in the earlier part of the movie.
March 3, 2019 | Full Review… -
A good early prison drama with a strong, Oscar-nominated performance of Wallace Beery as a tough murderer; Beery took over after Lon Chaney's sudden death.
February 12, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
Despite its flaws, for those who love this genre it's a must see film.
January 23, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
Any niggling doubts about the film disappear in the last twenty minutes.
June 25, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Big House
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Apr 24, 2017***Spoilers ahead, Maybe?*** Since I like old black & white prison movies so much I expected to like this movie as well but I couldn't get into it.For me it was just OK.Right from the start I felt like I was watching it just to be watching it.Things didn't get exciting until the very end with the failed escape & shoot out.It was the only time I was able to get into the movie but there was only like 10 minutes left so it really didn't matter.During the riot I can't believe they brought out a couple of tanks.I was NOT expecting that.It had me wondering if there were ever any actual prison riots where tanks were used to bring the prison back to order.A thing I thought that was interesting was the inmate that escaped, went straight on the outside & seemed like he would've stayed that way if he wasn't captured & sent back, fell right back into place on the inside, the inmate who I thought would never let prison change him, ended up changing in the end & the main inmate you knew there was no hope for, was never going to change.I'm not sure The Big House is a movie I'd recommend.It got alot of good reviews but I just wasn't into it.It's something you'll have to see & decide for yourselfBrody M Super Reviewer
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Mar 14, 2009an early prison break film. robert montgomery is completely overshadowed by the now forgotten actor chester morris. i'm afraid montgomery would be everyone's bitch at prison. wallace beery is fun and this film made him a huge star. frances marion became the first woman to win an oscar for screenwriting. it's a little hokey at times. i'd like to see what warner bros could've done with it. interesting to note that prison overcrowding was already an issue in 1930Stella D Super Reviewer
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Sep 09, 2007A classic jailhouse saga.John B Super Reviewer
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