Murder in the Big House

Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?

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

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))