''Destination Big House'' is a 1950 American
crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
George Blair, written by
Eric Taylor and starring
Dorothy Patrick
Dorothy Patrick (born Dorothea Davis; June 3, 1921 – May 31, 1987) was a Canadian-American film actress and a John Robert Powers model.
Early life
Patrick was born on June 3, 1921, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mr. and M ...
,
Robert Rockwell
Robert Rockwell (October 15, 1920 – January 25, 2003) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom ''Our Miss ...
,
Jimmy Lydon
James Joseph Lydon (May 30, 1923 – March 9, 2022) was an American actor and television producer whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenager during the 1930s.
Early life
Lydon was born in Harrington Park, New Jersey on May 3 ...
,
Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor
*Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato"
Fictional charac ...
,
Larry J. Blake and
John Harmon. The film was released on June 1, 1950 by
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures is currently an acquisition-only label owned by Paramount Pictures. Its history dates back to Republic Pictures Corporation, an American film studio that originally operated from 1935 to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Dorothy Patrick
Dorothy Patrick (born Dorothea Davis; June 3, 1921 – May 31, 1987) was a Canadian-American film actress and a John Robert Powers model.
Early life
Patrick was born on June 3, 1921, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mr. and M ...
as Janet Brooks
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Robert Rockwell
Robert Rockwell (October 15, 1920 – January 25, 2003) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom ''Our Miss ...
as Dr. Walter Phillips
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Jimmy Lydon
James Joseph Lydon (May 30, 1923 – March 9, 2022) was an American actor and television producer whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenager during the 1930s.
Early life
Lydon was born in Harrington Park, New Jersey on May 3 ...
as Freddy Brooks
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Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor
*Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato"
Fictional charac ...
as Ed Somers
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Larry J. Blake as Pete Weiss
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John Harmon as Stubby Moore
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Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubreyvich, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films from 1916 to 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey.
Early y ...
as Celia Brooks
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Richard Benedict
Richard "Pepe" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, January 8, 1920 – April 29, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He was born in Palermo, Italy.
Career
He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies ...
as Joe Bruno
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Mickey Knox
Abraham Knox (December 24, 1921 − November 15, 2013) was an American actor with nearly 80 films to his credit. Knox was also a screenwriter, film producer, and novelist. Knox was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, and he subsequently moved t ...
as Tony Savoni
*Danny Morton as Al Drury
*Mack Williams as Dr. Foster
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Olan Soule
Olan Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films.
He was the ...
as Ralph Newell
*Peter Prouse as Ray Olsen
*Norman Field as Dr. Evans
References
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1950 films
American crime films
1950 crime films
Republic Pictures films
Films directed by George Blair
American black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
Films scored by Stanley Wilson (composer)
English-language crime films
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