Murder in the Big House

Apr 11, 1942

0h 59m

★ 6.5

Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?

Overview

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

Genres

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Murder in the Big House Trailers

Cast

Gladys Wayne

Faye Emerson

Bert Bell

Van Johnson

'Scoop' Conner

George Meeker

Randall

Frank Wilcox

Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)

Tod Andrews

Mile-Away Gordon

Roland Drew

Irene Gordon

Ruth Ford

Ainslee

Joseph Crehan

Prison Warden

William Gould

Motorcycle cop

Joe Devlin

Burgen

Douglas Wood

Prison Doctor

John Maxwell

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5.3

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5.3

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3.5

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