Big House, U.S.A. is a 1955 American crime film noir 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.

[1][2] At a summer camp near a Colorado national park, a young boy runs a short race against his fellow campers and collapses with a severe asthma attack.

Park ranger Erickson tries to calm wealthy Robertson Lambert, the missing boy's frantic father.

The money is recovered, Barker and Lamar go back to prison to face the gas chamber, and Emily is given a long sentence behind bars.