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The Big Heat (1953)

10/14/1953Crime, Thriller1h 29m
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A hard cop and a soft dame.

Overview

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Glenn Ford

    Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

  2. Cast 1

    Gloria Grahame

    Debby Marsh

  3. Cast 1

    Lee Marvin

    Vince Stone

  4. Cast 1

    Jeanette Nolan

    Bertha Duncan

  5. Cast 1

    Alexander Scourby

    Mike Lagana

  6. Cast 1

    Jocelyn Brando

    Katie Bannion

  7. Cast 1

    Peter Whitney

    Tierney

  8. Cast 1

    Willis Bouchey

    Lt. Ted Wilks

  9. Cast 1

    Robert Burton

    Det. Gus Burke

Fritz Lang deals nicely in obsession and corruption. Detective Dave Bannion is investigating the suicide of corrupt cop Tom Duncan. As he gets deeper, and his colleagues get nervous, his wife is inadvertently killed by a car bomb that was meant for him, he turns from mannered family man into a vengeful obsessive, the heat is most definitely coming down on those responsible. Writer Sydney Boehm took a "Saturday Evening Post" serial (written by William McGiven), and crafted a tight, biting and incredibly bleak script. Handed it into director Fritz Lang's hands, who then cloaked it (along ...