Big House, U.S.A (1955)

6.6/10 83 min Action Thriller Crime

Overview

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

Cast

Broderick Crawford

Rollo Lamar

Ralph Meeker

Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

Reed Hadley

Special FBI Agent James Madden

William Talman

William 'Machine Gun' Mason

Lon Chaney Jr.

Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

Charles Bronson

Benny Kelly

Felicia Farr

Emily Euridice Evans

Roy Roberts

Chief Ranger Will Erickson

Willis Bouchey

Robertson Lambert

Peter J. Votrian

Danny Lambert

Robert Bray

Ranger McCormick

William Boyett

Ranger at Park Exit (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh

Madden's FBI Supervisor (uncredited)

Gregg Martell

Accomplice on Fishing Boat (uncredited)

Jan Merlin

Tommy (uncredited)

Stafford Repp

Police Warden Machek (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Inmate Who Starts Fight (uncredited)

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