Big House, U.S.A

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Big House, U.S.A (1955)

03/03/1955 (US) Action, Thriller, Crime 1h 23m

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Overview

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.

Howard W. Koch

Director
John C. Higgins

Screenplay
George F. Slavin

Story
George W. George

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Broderick Crawford

Rollo Lamar
Ralph Meeker

Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
Reed Hadley

Special FBI Agent James Madden
William Talman

William 'Machine Gun' Mason
Lon Chaney Jr.

Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith (as Lon Chaney)
Charles Bronson

Benny Kelly
Felicia Farr

Emily Euridice Evans (as Randy Farr)
Roy Roberts

Chief Ranger Will Erickson
Willis Bouchey

Robertson Lambert (as Willis B. Bouchey)
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on November 8, 2013

I'm gonna kidnap a kidnapper for the money he kidnapped for.

Big House, U.S.A. is directed by Howard W. Koch and written by John C. Higgins, George George and George Slavin. It stars Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bronson and Felicia Farr. Music is by Paul Dunlap and cinematography by Gordon Avil.

A Kidnap, A Ransom and A Prison Break = Powder Keg.

Out of Bel-Air Productions, Big House, U.S.A. is a relentlessly tough and gritty picture. Beginning with the kidnapping of a young boy from a country camp, Howard Koch's film has no... read the rest.

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