The Big House

Name: The Big House
Director: George W. Hill
Released: 1930
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Leila Hyams

1930 · 87 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 2,750 VOTES · DIR. George W. Hill

Overview

Convicted 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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,484 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:00 CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY TURNER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

00:05:22 OR IN ANY OTHER PRISON.

00:09:19 WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

00:11:43 YOU KNOW, FROM THE NECK DOWN

00:16:17 WELL, THEN I'M NOT GOING OUT?

00:18:44 WHO DO YOU SUPPOSE WOULD WRITE ME A LETTER?

00:21:41 I'M GOING TO BREAK THIS PLACE WIDE OPEN.

00:24:44 AW, CUT IT OUT. YOU'RE FULL OF HOP.

00:27:18 ANY MORE OF YOU GUYS THINK I PULLED A PHONY?

00:31:03 TELL THE GUYS TO PIPE DOWN.

00:34:36 I SAY, I'M SORRY ABOUT BUTCH.

00:39:06 WHO'S THAT?

00:43:27 YOU TELL ME, OLD PAL.

00:47:11 96.

00:53:38 BECAUSE...

00:56:47 YEAH. HE'S MORGAN, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

00:59:31 ANNE, I HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL YOU THIS

01:02:30 SIX OF US IS GOING

01:04:49 SEE YOU LATER, BUTCH.

01:07:10 STOOL PIGEONS.

01:11:57 NOON. WATCH ME.

01:16:55 WE'RE GOING TO BUMP OFF EVERY SCREW IN HERE

01:22:59 WHERE'S MORGAN?

03:00:00 WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT BROOD AND PLOT.

Cast & Characters

Chester Morris Morgan Wallace Beery Butch Lewis Stone Warden Robert Montgomery Kent Leila Hyams Anne George F. Marion Pop J.C. Nugent Mr. Marlowe Karl Dane Olsen DeWitt Jennings Wallace Matthew Betz Gopher

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,484

Dialogue density17.1 lines / min

First line00:01:00

Final line03:00:00

Production Record

DirectorGeorge W. Hill

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,750