12 Dec 1993
In the Name of the Father
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
The Big House
Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
J. C. Nugent Mr. Marlowe
Karl Dane Olsen
DeWitt Jennings Wallace
Matthew Betz Gopher
Claire McDowell Mrs. Marlowe
Robert Emmett O'Connor Donlin
Tom Wilson Sandy
Eddie Foyer Dopey
Roscoe Ates Putnam
Fletcher Norton Oliver
Noah Beery Jr. Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin Inmate (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux Morgan's Lawyer (uncredited)
Herbert Prior Prison Doctor (uncredited)
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