Murder in the Big House (1942)

6.8/10 59 min Action Adventure Crime Drama Romance

Overview

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

Cast

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

Douglas Wood

Burgen

John Maxwell

Prison Doctor

Patrick McVey

Chief Electrician (as Pat McVeigh)

Dick Rich

Death House Guard

Fred Kelsey

"Screw"

William Phillips

Mike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)

Jack Mower

Ramstead - Captain of the Guards

Creighton Hale

Ritter - Warden's Secretary

Henry Hall

Chaplain

Walter Brooke

Reporter (uncredited)

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