Murder in the Big House

Murder in the Big House

59 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Adventure, Romance | April 11, 1942

When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...

Murder in the Big House

59 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Adventure, Romance | April 11, 1942

Murder in the Big House
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Murder in the Big House
Directors B. Reeves Eason
Writers Jerome Chodorov, Raymond L. Schrock

Cast

Van Johnson

as Bert Bell

Faye Emerson

as Gladys Wayne

George Meeker

as 'Scoop' Conner

Frank Wilcox

as Randall

Tod Andrews

as Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)

Joseph Crehan

as Ainslee

Roland Drew

as Mile-Away Gordon

Ruth Ford

as Irene Gordon

Joe Devlin

as Motorcycle cop

William Gould

as Prison Warden

Douglas Wood

as Burgen

John Maxwell

as Prison Doctor

Henry Hall

as Chaplain

Fred Kelsey

as "Screw"

William Hopper

as Reporter

Bill Edwards

as Reporter

Patrick McVey

as Chief Electrician (as Pat McVeigh)

Dick Rich

as Death House Guard

Ray Montgomery

as Young Reporter (uncredited)

William Phillips

as Mike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)

Jack Mower

as Ramstead - Captain of the Guards

Creighton Hale

as Ritter - Warden's Secretary