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Actors: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Dennis Moore, Pat Moriarity, George Cleveland, Russell Hopton, Dave O'Brien, Charles King, Wheeler Oakman.
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mutiny in the Big House (1939) |
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A manly but saintly prison chaplain, Father Joe (Charles Bickford), personally breaks up an attempted jail break. The escape was engineered by a vicious, longtime convict, Red Manson (Barton MacLane), who proves no match for the priest.
--John Reid, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mutiny in the Big House (1939) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- jail abuse/escape story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Specific kind of enemies?
- captors
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 1
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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