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Murder in the Big House (1942)

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Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?

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

Cast & Crew

Director
B. Reeves Eason
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    Gladys Wayne Faye Emerson
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    Bert Bell Van Johnson
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    'Scoop' Conner George Meeker
  • Profile picture of Frank Wilcox
    Randall Frank Wilcox
  • Profile picture of Tod Andrews
    Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames) Tod Andrews
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    Mile-Away Gordon Roland Drew
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    Irene Gordon Ruth Ford
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    Ainslee Joseph Crehan

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Keywords

  • prison
  • newspaper
  • corruption
  • murder
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  • electric chair
  • reporter
  • execution
  • struck by lightning