Big House, U.S.A (1955)
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.
Top billed 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
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