Murder in the Big House

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Murder in the Big House

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

1942

0h 59m

6.5(4 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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Cast & Crew

42 members

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Faye Emerson

Gladys Wayne

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Van Johnson

Bert Bell

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George Meeker

'Scoop' Conner

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Frank Wilcox

Randall

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Tod Andrews

Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)

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Roland Drew

Mile-Away Gordon

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Ruth Ford

Irene Gordon

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Joseph Crehan

Ainslee

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William Gould

Prison Warden

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Joe Devlin

Motorcycle cop

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Douglas Wood

Burgen

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John Maxwell

Prison Doctor

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Patrick McVey

Chief Electrician (as Pat McVeigh)

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Dick Rich

Death House Guard

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Fred Kelsey

"Screw"

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William Phillips

Mike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)

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Jack Mower

Ramstead - Captain of the Guards

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Creighton Hale

Ritter - Warden's Secretary

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Henry Hall

Chaplain

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Walter Brooke

Reporter (uncredited)

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Virgil Cain

Reporter (uncredited)

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Dick Chandlee

Newsboy (uncredited)

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Bill Chaney

Copyboy (uncredited)

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Joe Devlin

Mulligan - Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

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Bill Edwards

Reporter (uncredited)

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Sol Gorss

Guard with Visitor Records (uncredited)

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Eddie Graham

Reporter (uncredited)

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Stuart Holmes

Reporter (uncredited)

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William Hopper

Reporter (uncredited)

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I. Stanford Jolley

Reporter (uncredited)

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Hank Mann

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frank Mayo

Reporter (uncredited)

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Ray Montgomery

Young Reporter (uncredited)

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Pat O'Malley

Guard (uncredited)

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Paul Panzer

Reporter (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Executioner (uncredited)

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Don Phillips

Reporter (uncredited)

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Cliff Saum

Second Process Server (uncredited)

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Wallace Scott

Slim (uncredited)

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Don Turner

Reporter (uncredited)

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Leo White

First Process Server (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Reporter (uncredited)

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