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Destination Big House (1950)
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60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Destination Big House (1950)

Approved

60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

School teacher Janet Brooks innocently involves herself in a scandal while spending the week-end alone in the mountain cabin of her fiancée, Dr. Walter Phillips. She gives first aid to a wounded racketeer, Joe Bruno, who is running out on ...See moreSchool teacher Janet Brooks innocently involves herself in a scandal while spending the week-end alone in the mountain cabin of her fiancée, Dr. Walter Phillips. She gives first aid to a wounded racketeer, Joe Bruno, who is running out on his mob with eighty thousand dollars in cash. Unknown to Janet, Bruno hides the money in the cabin. She goes on an errand and two mobsters, Ed Somers and "Stubby" Moore), make a call on Bruno and then depart after delivering a couple of soon-to-be-fatal gunshot wounds. Bruno manages to get to the highway and hitches a ride from a passing motorist who drives him to the Coniston hospital. In front of a number of doctors as witnesses, Bruno draws up a will leaving the eighty-thousand bucks to Janet, but dies before he can reveal where the money is located. The story hits the local headlines the next day and Janet's denials of any previous acquaintance with Bruno or knowledge of the money are disbelieved. Janet, her mother, Celia, and her brother, Fred, are ostracized by the town. Only Walter, who is having trouble of his own trying to raise money to complete a polio wing for the hospital, stands by Janet. Janet publicly announces that if the money ever comes into her possession, she will turn it over to the hospital fund. Somers and Moore intensify their search. But Fred, under pressure from Pete Weiss, local racketeer to whom he owes a large gambling debt, finally succeeds in finding the money, but his conscience forces him to hide it again rather than turning it over to Weiss. Written by Les Adams See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Dorothy Patrick Janet Brooks Janet Brooks See fewer	Come to the Stable (1949)
Robert Rockwell Dr. Walter Phillips Dr. Walter Phillips See fewer	Our Miss Brooks (1952)
Jimmy Lydon Freddy Brooks (as James Lydon) Freddy Brooks (as James Lydon) See fewer	Vigilante Force (1976)
Robert Armstrong Ed Somers Ed Somers See fewer	King Kong (1933)
Larry J. Blake Pete Weiss Pete Weiss See fewer	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
John Harmon Stubby Moore Stubby Moore See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Claire Du Brey Celia Brooks Celia Brooks See fewer	The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Richard Benedict Joe Bruno Joe Bruno See fewer	Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Mickey Knox Tony Savoni Tony Savoni See fewer	I Walk Alone (1947)
Danny Morton Al Drury (as Dann Morton) Al Drury (as Dann Morton) See fewer	The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
Mack Williams Dr. Foster Dr. Foster See fewer	Cape Fear (1962)
Olan Soule Ralph Newell (as Olan E. Soule) Ralph Newell (as Olan E. Soule) See fewer	Captain Midnight (1954)
Peter Prouse Ray Olsen Ray Olsen See fewer	The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Norman Field Dr. Evans Dr. Evans See fewer	Invitation (1952)
Hal Baylor Bill Storm (uncredited) Bill Storm (uncredited) See fewer	Big Jim McLain (1952)
Virginia Farmer Mrs. Everly (uncredited) Mrs. Everly (uncredited) See fewer	Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
William E. Green Redding (uncredited) Redding (uncredited) See fewer	Frisco Sal (1945)
Robert Griffin Police Official (uncredited) Police Official (uncredited) See fewer	I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Jess Kirkpatrick Don Loomis (uncredited) Don Loomis (uncredited) See fewer	D.O.A. (1949)
Sammy McKim Newsboy (uncredited) Newsboy (uncredited) See fewer	The Painted Stallion (1937)
Mira McKinney Mrs. Carroll (uncredited) Mrs. Carroll (uncredited) See fewer	Modern Times (1936)