Murder in the Big House

Overview Cast Crew Videos

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

Cast

Faye Emerson

Played Gladys Wayne
Van Johnson

Played Bert Bell
George Meeker

Played 'Scoop' Conner
Frank Wilcox

Played Randall
Tod Andrews

Played Dapper Dan Malloy (a…
Roland Drew

Played Mile-Away Gordon
Ruth Ford

Played Irene Gordon
Joseph Crehan

Played Ainslee
William Gould

Played Prison Warden
Joe Devlin

Played Motorcycle cop
Douglas Wood

Played Burgen
John Maxwell

Played Prison Doctor
Patrick McVey

Played Chief Electrician (a…
Dick Rich

Played Death House Guard
Fred Kelsey

Played "Screw"
William Phillips

Played Mike - Henchman (as …
Jack Mower

Played Ramstead - Captain o…
Creighton Hale

Played Ritter - Warden's Se…
Henry Hall

Played Chaplain
Walter Brooke

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Virgil Cain

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Dick Chandlee

Played Newsboy (uncredited)
Bill Chaney

Played Copyboy (uncredited)
Joe Devlin

Played Mulligan - Motorcycl…
Bill Edwards

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Sol Gorss

Played Guard with Visitor R…
Eddie Graham

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Stuart Holmes

Played Reporter (uncredited…
William Hopper

Played Reporter (uncredited…
I. Stanford Jolley

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Hank Mann

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Frank Mayo

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Ray Montgomery

Played Young Reporter (uncr…
Pat O'Malley

Played Guard (uncredited)
Paul Panzer

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Lee Phelps

Played Executioner (uncredi…
Don Phillips

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Cliff Saum

Played Second Process Serve…
Wallace Scott

Played Slim (uncredited)
Don Turner

Played Reporter (uncredited…
Leo White

Played First Process Server…
Jack Wise

Played Reporter (uncredited…

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