Murder in the Big House (1942)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime
Release: 1942-04-11
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Writers: Raymond L. Schrock , Jerome Chodorov
Language: English
Stars: Faye Emerson , Van Johnson , George Meeker , Frank Wilcox , Tod Andrews , Roland Drew , Ruth Ford , Joseph Crehan , William Gould , Douglas Wood
Runtime: 59 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Ultima ora (Italy) , Human Sabotage (United Kingdom) , El crimen del presidio (Mexico) , Murder in the Big House (United States of America) , Asasinat în penitenciar (Romania) , O Crime do Presídio (Brazil) , Murder in the Big House , Born for Trouble (United States of America) , Murder the the Death House (United States of America) , Murder in the Big House (Canada) , Έγκλημα στο Σινγκ-Σινγκ (Greece)
Plot: When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy. His investigation reveals that the condemned man was about to reveal some damaging information about the connection between the city's corrupt political machine and its major organized crime ring. The reporter hatches a plan, with the help of the paper's alcoholic political columnist, to get himself thrown in prison to get the information the murdered prisoner was going to reveal and expose both the crooked politicians and the gangsters they're in cahoots with.
IMDB:tt0035098