Mutiny in the Big House
Mutiny in the Big House ★★½ 1939
A man is sent to prison for writing a bad $10 check and must choose between seeking salvation with the prison chaplain or toughing it out with a hardened convict. Suprisingly good low-budget programmer. 83m/B VHS . Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore, William Royle, Charles Foy, George Cleveland; D: William Nigh.
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