The Big House
Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!
A gritty pre-Code prison drama centered on brutal confinement, dangerous inmates, and an escape plot, driven by tension and moral compromise rather than hope.
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.
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