

Mutiny in the Big House(1939)
JAIL BREAK! Snarling killers riot...and only a brave man with a prayer stands in their way to freedom!
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...
Movie: Mutiny in the Big House
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