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Murder in the Big House

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Calorie Rating: 83
Released: 1942-04-11
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 59 Minutes
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,

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

Director / Directors

B. Reeves Eason

Director

Lester D. Guthrie

Assistant Director

Cast

Faye Emerson

Character: Gladys Wayne

Van Johnson

Character: Bert Bell

George Meeker

Character: 'Scoop' Conner

Frank Wilcox

Character: Randall

Tod Andrews

Character: Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)

Roland Drew

Character: Mile-Away Gordon

Ruth Ford

Character: Irene Gordon

Joseph Crehan

Character: Ainslee

William Gould

Character: Prison Warden

Joe Devlin

Character: Motorcycle cop

Douglas Wood

Character: Burgen

John Maxwell

Character: Prison Doctor

Patrick McVey

Character: Chief Electrician (as Pat McVeigh)

Dick Rich

Character: Death House Guard

Fred Kelsey

Character: "Screw"

William Phillips

Character: Mike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)

Jack Mower

Character: Ramstead - Captain of the Guards

Creighton Hale

Character: Ritter - Warden's Secretary

Henry Hall

Character: Chaplain

Walter Brooke

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Virgil Cain

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Chandlee

Character: Newsboy (uncredited)

Bill Chaney

Character: Copyboy (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Character: Mulligan - Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Bill Edwards

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Character: Guard with Visitor Records (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

William Hopper

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

Character: Young Reporter (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Character: Guard (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Character: Executioner (uncredited)

Don Phillips

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Character: Second Process Server (uncredited)

Wallace Scott

Character: Slim (uncredited)

Don Turner

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Leo White

Character: First Process Server (uncredited)

Jack Wise

Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Raymond L. Schrock

Screenplay

Jerome Chodorov

Idea

William Jacobs

Producer

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Leo Erdody

Original Music Composer

Howard Jackson

Original Music Composer

William Lava

Original Music Composer

Ted D. McCord

Director of Photography

Terry O. Morse

Editor

Hugh Reticker

Art Direction

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Oliver S. Garretson

Sound

Sol Gorss

Stunts

Harvey Parry

Stunts

Eugene Joseff

Costume Design

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer