The Big Guy + Behind the High Wall DVD-R

Get the original film, The Big Guy (1939), and the remake, Behind the High Wall (1956), for 20% off their individual prices!

THE BIG GUY (1939)

Starring Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Ona Munson, Peggy Moran, Edward Brophy
Directed by Arthur Lubin

Print: black/white
Runtime: 72 min.
Genre: drama
Print quality: B

l Whitlock, the warden of a large prison, has a decision to make; the only way he can keep an innocent man, Jimmy Hutchins, from dying in the electric chair is to return some stolen loot that has come into his possession. It is quite a large sum, so his conscience has to work over-time, and that may not sway him, either.

BEHIND THE HIGH WALL (1956)

Starring Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn, John Gavin, Don Beddoe
Directed by Abner Biberman

Print: black/white
Runtime: 85 min.
Genre: drama
Print quality: B

Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his
slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard
shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the
same old setup, including slave trade.