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Murder in the Big House

Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?

6.5

0h 59m

1942

“Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?”

Synopsis

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

Director

B. Reeves Eason

Trailer

ActionAdventureCrimeDramaRomance

prisonnewspapercorruptionmurderlawyerb movieelectric chairreporterexecutionstruck by lightning

Cast & Crew

Faye Emerson

Faye Emerson

as Gladys Wayne

Van Johnson

Van Johnson

as Bert Bell

George Meeker

George Meeker

as 'Scoop' Conner

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

as Randall

Tod Andrews

Tod Andrews

as Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)

Roland Drew

Roland Drew

as Mile-Away Gordon

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

as Irene Gordon

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

as Ainslee

William Gould

William Gould

as Prison Warden

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