# Men Behind Bars

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1931 film

Men Behind Bars German Menschen hinter Gittern Directed by Pál Fejös Written by E. W. Brandes Walter Hasenclever Frances Marion Ernst Toller Produced by Irving Thalberg Starring Heinrich George Gustav Diessl Egon von Jordan Cinematography J. Peverell Marley Harold Wenstrom Edited by Blanche Sewell Production company Cosmopolitan Productions Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date June 24, 1931 (1931-06-24) Running time 109 minutes Country United States Language German

***Men Behind Bars*** (German: ***Menschen hinter Gittern***) is a 1931 German-language American [Pre-Code](/source/Pre-code_Hollywood) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Pál Fejös](/source/P%C3%A1l_Fej%C3%B6s) and starring [Heinrich George](/source/Heinrich_George), [Gustav Diessl](/source/Gustav_Diessl) and [Egon von Jordan](/source/Egon_von_Jordan).[1] It is the [German language](/source/German_language) version of [MGM](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)'s *[The Big House](/source/The_Big_House_(1930_film))*. In the early years of [sound](/source/Sound_film) before [dubbing](/source/Dubbing_(filmmaking)) became widespread, it was common to make films in multiple languages. It premiered in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) on June 24, 1931.

## Synopsis

The convicts in an overcrowded American [prison](/source/Prison) plot to rise up and stage a massive [jailbreak](/source/Jailbreak).

## Cast

- [Heinrich George](/source/Heinrich_George) as Butch

- [Gustav Diessl](/source/Gustav_Diessl) as Morris

- [Egon von Jordan](/source/Egon_von_Jordan) as Kent Marlow

- [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as Supervisor Wallace

- [Dita Parlo](/source/Dita_Parlo) as Annie Marlow

- [Paul Morgan](/source/Paul_Morgan_(actor)) as Putnam

- [Herman Bing](/source/Herman_Bing) as lawyer

- [Peter Erkelenz](/source/Peter_Erkelenz) as Der Gefängnisdirektor

- [Karl Etlinger](/source/Karl_Etlinger) as Gefängniswärter

- [Adolf E. Licho](/source/Adolf_E._Licho) as Annie's father

- [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](/source/Hans_Heinrich_von_Twardowski) as Oliver

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Grange, William](/source/William_Grange) (2008). *Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic*. Scarecrow Press. p. 367. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0810859678](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0810859678). [LCCN](/source/LCCN_(identifier)) [2008008116](https://lccn.loc.gov/2008008116).

## External links

- [*Men Behind Bars*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022140/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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