"Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!" 14 June 1930 Drama, Crime 87 mins
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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Chester Morris as John Morgan
Wallace Beery as Machine Gun 'Butch' Schmidt
Lewis Stone as Warden James Adams
Robert Montgomery as Kent Marlowe
Leila Hyams as Anne Marlowe
George F. Marion as Pop
J. C. Nugent as Mr. Marlowe
Karl Dane as Olsen
DeWitt Jennings as Wallace
Matthew Betz as Gopher
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Marlowe
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Donlin
Tom Wilson as Sandy
Eddie Foyer as Dopey
Roscoe Ates as Putnam
Fletcher Norton as Oliver
Joseph Farnham Additional Dialogue
Harold Wenstrom Director of Photography
George W. Hill Director
Frances Marion Story
Frances Marion Dialogue
Irving Thalberg Producer
Martin Flavin Additional Dialogue
Blanche Sewell Editor
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Harry Sharrock Assistant Director
Robert Shirley Sound
Douglas Shearer Sound
David Cox Costume Design
Frances Marion Writer
O Presídio Trailer
United States 07 June 1930
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15 October 1930
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