Murder in the Big House (1942) (MOD) "Commissioner Gordon"

Murder in the Big House (1942) (MOD) "Commissioner Gordon"When a condemned killer gets fried ahead of schedule thanks to a freak bolt of lightning, a trio of intrepid reporters want to know who's cheating the chair. Crime reporter Scoop Conner's suspicions are raised when he witnesses high society shyster Bill Burgen (Douglas Wood) promising condemned killer Dapper Dan Malloy (Michael Ames) a reprieve from the governor after Dapper Dan threatens to name names. After Scoop helps Dan get wise, he takes a swan

director and choreographer to this glittering gala of music

Helen Chandler) and his own irate secretary (Joan Blondell)

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and the resultant scandal that upends his career

Rebecca's actions have unintended consequences for her West Covina friends: Nathaniel (Scott Michael Foster) feels betrayed by her

the film was famously reconstructed to near its original length in 1983 under the leadership of the late film historian Ronald Haver

his interest becomes much more than professional--and the risk for both he and his partner

is winningly renewed in this robust

shaping real-time events into an acclaimed and unsparing film-noir look at the stale-air venues

But other things did: bigotry against the couple's religion

there'a a lot more freeway to patrol

When producer-screenwriter Casey Robinson set out to make a wartimer extolling the courage of our Russian allies battling Nazi invaders