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The Big Heat (1953)

Directed by Fritz Lang

Film Noir

Most recently watched by sleestakk, sensoria

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.

Rated NR | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Glenn Ford | Gloria Grahame | Lee Marvin | Jeanette Nolan | Alexander Scourby | Jocelyn Brando | Peter Whitney | Willis Bouchey | Robert Burton | Adam Williams | Carolyn Jones | Howard Wendell | Chris Alcaide | Michael Granger | Dorothy Green | Ric Roman | Dan Seymour | Edith Evanson | Harry Lauter | Michael Ross | Phil Arnold | Sidney Clute | Michael Jeffers | Linda Bennett | Charles Cane | Byron Kane | John Close | Phil Chambers | John Crawford | John Doucette | Al Eben | Douglas Evans | Fritz Ford | Donald Kerr | Lyle Latell | John Merton | Celia Lovsky | Ted Stanhope | Herbert Lytton | Mike Mahoney | Laura Mason | Paul Maxey | Joseph Mell | Patrick Miller | William Murphy | Ezelle Poule | Norma Randall | Robert Stevenson | William Vedder

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

While I love the Film Noir genre, I’ve seen not nearly as many that I should have. Thankfully, I won nearly 18 Film Noir classics on DVD.

My first choice was Fritz Lang’s THE BIG HEAT, and I loved every minute of it!

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