Murder in the Big House

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Murder in the Big House

"Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?"

1942

0h 59m

6.8(5 votes)

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Overview

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

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Faye Emerson

Gladys Wayne

Van Johnson

Bert Bell

George Meeker

'Scoop' Conner

Frank Wilcox

Randall

Tod Andrews

Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)

Roland Drew

Mile-Away Gordon

Ruth Ford

Irene Gordon

Joseph Crehan

Ainslee

William Gould

Prison Warden

Joe Devlin

Motorcycle cop

Creative team

Directed by: B. Reeves Eason
Written by: Raymond L. Schrock
Produced by: William Jacobs

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