Big House, U.S.A
March 3, 1955
83 minutes
6.5
ActionThrillerCrime

Big House, U.S.A

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.

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Cast
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)
Charles Bronson
(Benny Kelly)
Felicia Farr
(Emily Euridice Evans)
Roy Roberts
(Chief Ranger Will Erickson)
Willis Bouchey
(Robertson Lambert)
Peter J. Votrian
(Danny Lambert)
Robert Bray
(Ranger McCormick)
William Boyett
(Ranger at Park Exit (uncredited))
Nelson Leigh
(Madden's FBI Supervisor (uncredited))
Gregg Martell
(Accomplice on Fishing Boat (uncredited))
Bill McLean
(Dipsy (uncredited))
Jan Merlin
(Tommy (uncredited))
Joe Ploski
(Convict (uncredited))
Stafford Repp
(Police Warden Machek (uncredited))
Harry Wilson
(Inmate Who Starts Fight (uncredited))