Loading Page
Big House, U.S.A(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-03-03
65%
22 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
5 KILLER CONVICTS BREAK OUT!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Bel-Air Productions
Movie: Big House, U.S.A
Top 10 Billed 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
HomePage
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.
Release Date
1955-03-03
Average
6.5
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
5 KILLER CONVICTS BREAK OUT!
Genres
Languages:
EnglishKeywords
Recommendations Movies
57%
The Bulldog Breed(en)
1960-12-13
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
60%
Electric Blue(es)
2015-12-10
Carlos and Roque, two high school friends, play on the same soccer team. After an unexpected rapprochement between the two, Carlos doubts about his sexuality, rejects Roque's friendship and forces him to keep quiet. From this moment on, Carlos faces the difficult circumstance of making a decision whether or not to save his friendship.
60%
Lacrimosa(ro)
2018-12-10
After Robert is murdered under mysterious circumstances, his friends are forced to face the truth and their past.
60%
Praktikum - Der Film(de)
2018-05-21
The female protagonist finally makes it to get a job as an intern. But after a while working at this weird company, she finds out the criminal site of it and learns to be a criminal herself.
87%
The Last of the Curlews(en)
1972-10-04
After being hunted to near-extinction, the last male Eskimo curlew searches for a mate while making the annual migration from the arctic tundra to the nesting grounds in Argentina.
63%
Yngwie J. Malmsteen: Trial by Fire - Live in Leningrad '89(en)
2006-12-12
An extended live set comprised of many of Malmsteen's hits along with his two legendary guitar performances ("Black Star" and "Far Beyond the Sun").
47%
The Secret in the Attic(ja)
2005-05-13
A beautiful woman marries a wealthy man, who for years chose to be a bachelor inspite of numerous female suitors. At first the marriage is perfect; he’s a loving husband and an enthusiastic lover. But soon the romance cools and the wife discovers that it has to do with a secret kept in the attic, something – or someone – he visits every night, that is changing him from a loving husband into a stranger… Akira Fukamachi directs this erotic and atmospheric drama.
50%
Dis Koue Kos, Skat(af)
2016-08-25
When Clara Brand discovers that her husband is cheating on her with her friend and colleague, she plots her revenge, all the while juggling new friendships, new romances and the rediscovery of her passion for food.
19%
Laser Moon(en)
1993-09-15
A DJ helps police detectives hunt down a serial killer who kills women and makes taunting phone calls to the radio station.
100%
The Nativity Scene of Michele Pascuzzi(it)
2023-12-25
A short documentary about the intricate nativity scenes of Michele Pascuzzi.
50%
The Love Potion(da)
1916-10-16
The pharmacist Peter Pille and Colonel Sejrsberg's beautiful niece, Inger, are in love. Unfortunately, the Colonel is against the idea of an engagement and generally detests men who court young girls. Peter Pille finds out that the Colonel's negative attitude is due to jealousy and envy, because he himself has never really had luck with the ladies. Maybe a homemade love potion will do the trick? (stumfilm.dk)
40%
Masala Padam(ta)
2015-10-09
A producer challenges a bunch of social media reviewers who have torn his recent masala film to come up with a good script in six months.
54%
The Surgeon(en)
1995-01-13
Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years later, he returns to the hospital that condemned his work to begin practicing his grizzly experiments once more.
27%
Homeless for the Holidays(en)
2009-10-16
A smug executive enjoys the perfect life - until he loses his job, and finds himself working at a burger joint. Now he's falling behind on his bills, and if something doesn't change soon, his family could lose everything by Christmas.
Similar Movies
60%
Desperate Measures(en)
1998-01-30
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
67%
Ransom(en)
1996-11-08
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
78%
Papillon(en)
1973-12-16
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
72%
We're No Angels(en)
1955-07-07
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
62%
Trapped(en)
2002-09-20
When their daughter is abducted by experienced kidnappers, the Jennings turn the tables on their seemingly fool-proof plan.
71%
The Rock(en)
1996-06-07
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
62%
Unknown(en)
2006-11-03
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
67%
Demolition Man(en)
1993-10-08
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.
61%
Ricochet(en)
1991-10-04
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
75%
A Perfect World(en)
1993-11-24
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
72%
Seance on a Wet Afternoon(en)
1964-06-19
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
70%
The Baader Meinhof Complex(de)
2008-09-25
'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.
75%
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(en)
1974-10-02
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
66%
Obsession(en)
1976-08-01
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
40%
Purgatory Station(en)
2024-11-29
When a crooked lawyer wakes up in a large, pitch-dark container, he learns he has eight hours to scuttle a corporate land grab or see everyone he loves die horribly.
63%
The Way of the Gun(en)
2000-09-08
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
72%
The Professional(fr)
1981-10-21
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
74%
Dirty Harry(en)
1971-12-23
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
67%
Out of Sight(en)
1998-06-26
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.