El presidio
Cast & Crew
José Crespo
Juan De Landa
Tito Davison
Luana Alcañiz
Giovanni Martino
Luis Llaneza
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Sentenced to prison for vehicular manslaughter, Kent Marlowe shares a cell with Morgan and Butch, who are serving time for forgery and murder, respectively. The resourceful Morgan manages to escape and seeks shelter with Kent's sister Ana, who runs a bookshop, and they fall in love. Morgan is soon recaptured, but influenced by his feelings for Ana, decides to serve the rest of his time on good behavior, but never to the extent of becoming an informer. The weakling Kent, on the other hand, collaborates with the warden to quell a mutiny, led by Butch, against the terrible conditions in the prison. The prisoners who rebelled suspect Morgan of having been the informer and demand an accounting between him and Butch. Unwillingly, the two old comrades face each other in a gunfight and both are seriously wounded. Morgan recovers, but Butch dies, convinced of his friend's loyalty. Kent dies riddled with bullets in another battle. Morgan's intervention in smothering another dangerous situation gains him his freedom.
Cast
José Crespo
Juan De Landa
Tito Davison
Luana Alcañiz
Giovanni Martino
Luis Llaneza
Juan De Homs
José Soriano Viosca
Romualdo Tirado
César Vanoni
Carlos Cea
Vicente Padula
Gabry Rivas
Roberto Saa Silva
Alma Real
Antonio Vidal
Julián Rivero
Crew
Frank Davis
Max Fabian
Joe Farnham
Martin Flavin
J. Russell Franks
Cedric Gibbons
Frances Marion
Edgar Neville
Edgar Neville
Peggy O'day
Douglas Shearer
Leonard Smith
Ward Wing
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El presidio was the Spanish-language version of M-G-M's 1930 film, The Big House, which was directed by George Hill and starred Chester Morris and Wallace Beery. Cast and crew credits were derived from a studio cutting continuity. French and German versions were also made in Culver City, but no record of their exhibition in the U.S. has been located. According to studio records, the French film was titled Big House, but was also known as Révolte dans le prison. It was directed by Paul Féjos and starred Charles Boyer and André Berley. The German version, which was entitled Menschen hinter Gittern, was also directed by Féjos and starred Heinrich George and Gustav Diessl. A version in Italian, Carcere, was a dubbed version of El presidio.
