Murder in the Big House (1942)
April 11, 1942Release Date
Murder in the Big House (1942)
April 11, 1942Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Faye Emerson
Gladys Wayne
Van Johnson
Bert Bell
George Meeker
'Scoop' Conner
Frank Wilcox
Randall
Joseph Crehan
Ainslee
B. Reeves Eason
Director
Roland Drew
Mile-Away Gordon
Raymond L. Schrock
Writer
Jerome Chodorov
Writer
Ruth Ford
Irene Gordon
Joe Devlin
Motorcycle cop
Ted D. McCord
Cinematographer
William Gould
Prison Warden
Terry O. Morse
Editor
Douglas Wood
Burgen
Tod Andrews
'Dapper Dan' Malloy
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 11, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time59m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Murder in the Big House is a black-and-white American crime drama, released by Warner Bros in April 1942. Structured as an hour-long second feature, it is directed by the prolific specialist in low-budget action productions, B. Reeves Eason, and stars Van Johnson, who is top-billed above the title, in his first credited film role which represents the entire output of his six-month contract with the studio.The female lead, Faye Emerson, billed alongside Johnson above the title, played starring and co-starring parts in a small number of B pictures during 1940s and achieved TV stardom at the end of the decade and in the 1950s as a glamorous interviewer and personality during the medium's formative years.
Following Johnson's rise to become the 1945 top box-office attraction as a leading man and Emerson's marriage to the president's son, Elliott Roosevelt, the film was re-released to theaters in late 1945 and early 1946 under the title Born for Trouble.