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Academy Award Writing 1931 · Winner
Academy Award Sound Recording 1931 · Winner
Academy Award Outstanding Production 1931 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor 1931 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing 1931 · Winner
Academy Award Sound Recording 1931 · Winner
Academy Award Outstanding Production 1931 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor 1931 · Nominated
After being convicted of manslaughter, drunk driver Kent Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) is inducted into the rigors of prison life. He befriends fellow cons "Machine Gun" Butch Schmidt (Wallace Beery) and John Morgan (Chester Morris). Together they bristle at the prison's deplorable conditions and especially the inhumane policies of their cruel...