Big House, The (Previously Owned DVD-R)

Condition: Very Good.

Based on the true story of the terrible 1929 prison riot at Auburn, New York, Big House, with its gripping and graphic depiction of the brutality and ugliness of life in the joint is still considered among the most powerful prison dramas ever made; it also marks one of Wallace Beery's finest performances. The story centers on a trio of vicious convicts who are trying to escape the horrible confines of the prison -- conditions that only serve to harden them more.