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Murder in the Big House
“Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?”
6.8 / 10• 1942• 59m•NR• English
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaRomance
Storyline
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
Cast & Crew
Faye Emerson
Gladys Wayne
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. B. Reeves Eason's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Murder in the Big House is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
