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Big House, U.S.A is a american film of genre Drama directed by Howard W. Koch released in USA on 3 march 1955 with Broderick Crawford
Big House, U.S.A (1955)
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Add to a movie listBig House, U.S.A. is a 1955 American crime film directed by Howard W. Koch and written by John C. Higgins. The film stars Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Charles Bronson. The film was released on March 3, 1955, by United Artists.
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In a Colorado national park, a boy having an asthma attack is approached by a nurse, Emily Evans, with a syringe. Frightened of needles, the boy flees into the woods, where Jerry Barker finds him.Actors
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))
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