Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
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Film / 1942
Murder in the Big House
Directed by
B. Reeves Eason
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
The story
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
Cast
Faye EmersonGladys Wayne
Van JohnsonBert Bell
George Meeker'Scoop' Conner
Frank WilcoxRandall
Tod AndrewsDapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)
Roland DrewMile-Away Gordon
Ruth FordIrene Gordon
Joseph CrehanAinslee
William GouldPrison Warden
Joe DevlinMotorcycle cop
Douglas WoodBurgen
John MaxwellPrison Doctor
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Patrick McVeyChief Electrician (as Pat McVeigh)
Dick RichDeath House Guard
Fred Kelsey"Screw"
William PhillipsMike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)
Jack MowerRamstead - Captain of the Guards
Creighton HaleRitter - Warden's Secretary
Henry HallChaplain
Walter BrookeReporter (uncredited)
Virgil CainReporter (uncredited)
Dick ChandleeNewsboy (uncredited)
Bill ChaneyCopyboy (uncredited)
Bill EdwardsReporter (uncredited)
Sol GorssGuard with Visitor Records (uncredited)
Eddie GrahamReporter (uncredited)
Stuart HolmesReporter (uncredited)
William HopperReporter (uncredited)
I. Stanford JolleyReporter (uncredited)
Hank MannReporter (uncredited)
Frank MayoReporter (uncredited)
Ray MontgomeryYoung Reporter (uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyGuard (uncredited)
Paul PanzerReporter (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsExecutioner (uncredited)
Don PhillipsReporter (uncredited)
Cliff SaumSecond Process Server (uncredited)
Wallace ScottSlim (uncredited)
Don TurnerReporter (uncredited)
Leo WhiteFirst Process Server (uncredited)
Jack WiseReporter (uncredited)
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