Road to the Big House

Dec 13, 1947

1h 14m

★ 5.7

He Took A Short-Cut thru the Darkness of Gangland

Overview

A bank clerk gets sent to prison after he robs his own bank. Live becomes even more difficult behind bars when he starts getting pressured to reveal where he hid the money.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Somerset Pictures Corp.

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Cast

Eddie Clark

John Shelton

Agnes Clark

Ann Doran

Butch McQuinn

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Clyde Sutter

Richard Bailey

George Bates

Joseph Allen

Fred

Rory Mallinson

Kelvin

Eddie Fields

Prosecutor

Walden Boyle

Harvey

Keith Richards

Collins

Jack Conrad

Benson

Charles Jordan

Judge

C. Montague Shaw

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.

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5.3

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10.0

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5.3

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6.2

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6.2

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5.9

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