The Big Heat (1953)
1953 · Feature film · 89 min · dir. Fritz Lang
A hard cop and a soft dame.
- Thriller
- Crime
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writer
- Sydney Boehm
- Composer
- Henry Vars
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 1953-10-14
- Running time
- 89 minutes
Cast & crew
Fritz Lang Director
Glenn Ford
Gloria Grahame
Jocelyn Brando
Alexander Scourby
Lee Marvin
Jeanette Nolan
Peter Whitney
Willis Bouchey
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Intense ... it doesn't get much better than this. · avvocato48 · 2024-05-15
The supporting cast is excellent. Critic Roger Ebert has praised the supporting cast and places The Big Heat in his personal list of "Great Movies." One if the best film noir.
