Top billed cast

1. 

   Chester Morris

   John Morgan

2. 

   Wallace Beery

   Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt

3. 

   Lewis Stone

   Warden James Adams

4. 

   Robert Montgomery

   Kent Marlowe

5. 

   Leila Hyams

   Anne Marlowe

6. 

   George F. Marion

   Pop

7. 

   J. C. Nugent

   Mr. Marlowe

8. 

   Karl Dane

   Olsen

9. 

   DeWitt Jennings

   Wallace

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-10-12

This is one of my favourite early examples of the dog-eat-dog world in prison as the young “Marlowe” (Robert Montgomery) is sent down for a decade after a road accident led to a fatality. Not surprisingly, he’s as anxious as hell - not least when he learns that he is to share facilities with “Morgan” (Chester Morris) and convicted murderer “Butch” (Wallace Beery). The governor (Lewis Stone) is broadly sympathetic, as is the chief warder (George F. Marlon) as they reckon putting this naive and impressionable young man in with folks like this isn’t going to aid his chances of sur...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• prison
• prison cell
• inmate
• pre-code
• manslaughter
• incarceration
• prison break attempt