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Big House, U.S.A
Film / 1955

Big House, U.S.A

Directed by Howard W. Koch
ActionThrillerCrime

★ 6.5/10Audience rating

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

The story

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

Cast

Broderick CrawfordRollo Lamar Ralph MeekerGeraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman Reed HadleySpecial FBI Agent James Madden William TalmanWilliam 'Machine Gun' Mason Lon Chaney Jr.Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith Charles BronsonBenny Kelly Felicia FarrEmily Euridice Evans Roy RobertsChief Ranger Will Erickson Willis BoucheyRobertson Lambert Peter J. VotrianDanny Lambert Robert BrayRanger McCormick William BoyettRanger at Park Exit (uncredited)
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Nelson LeighMadden's FBI Supervisor (uncredited) Gregg MartellAccomplice on Fishing Boat (uncredited) Bill McLeanDipsy (uncredited) Jan MerlinTommy (uncredited) Joe PloskiConvict (uncredited) Stafford ReppPolice Warden Machek (uncredited) Harry WilsonInmate Who Starts Fight (uncredited)

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