Murder in the Big House
Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?
1942 | 59m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | B. Reeves Eason |
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| Writer: | Raymond L. Schrock |
| Staring: |
| When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy... | |
| Release Date: | Apr 11, 1942 |
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| Director: | B. Reeves Eason |
| Writer: | Raymond L. Schrock |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | prison, corruption, newspaper, b movie, electric chair, reporter, execution, struck by lightning |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Virgil Cain | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Dick Chandlee | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Bill Chaney | Copyboy (uncredited) |
| Joe Devlin | Mulligan - Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| Bill Edwards | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Sol Gorss | Guard with Visitor Records (uncredited) |
| Eddie Graham | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Hopper | Reporter (uncredited) |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Hank Mann | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frank Mayo | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Ray Montgomery | Young Reporter (uncredited) |
| Pat O'Malley | Guard (uncredited) |
| Paul Panzer | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Executioner (uncredited) |
| Don Phillips | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Cliff Saum | Second Process Server (uncredited) |
| Wallace Scott | Slim (uncredited) |
| Don Turner | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Leo White | First Process Server (uncredited) |
| Jack Wise | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| B. Reeves Eason | Director |
| Raymond L. Schrock | Screenplay |
| Jerome Chodorov | Idea |
| 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 |
| Lester D. Guthrie | Assistant Director |
| Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Sol Gorss | Stunts |
| Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Eugene Joseff | Costume Design |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William Jacobs | Producer |
| Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
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