The Big Heat
(1953)
A hard cop and a soft dame!
Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin
Director: Fritz Lang
Writer: Sydney Boehm, William P. McGivern
Language: English
Studio: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Duration: 89
Rated: NR
DVD Release: December 2001
Dave Bannion is an upright but unscrupulous cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters' payroll. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Bannion becomes a furious force of vengeance and justice, aided along the way by the gangster's spurned girlfriend Debbie. As Bannion and Debbie fall further and further into the Gangland's insidious and brutal trap, they must use any means necessary (including murder) to get to the truth.
Glenn Ford | Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion |
Gloria Grahame | Debby Marsh |
Jocelyn Brando | Katie Bannion |
Alexander Scourby | Mike Lagana |
Lee Marvin | Vince Stone |
Jeanette Nolan | Bertha Duncan |
Peter Whitney | Tierney |
Willis Bouchey | Lt. Ted Wilks |
Robert Burton | Det. Gus Burke |
Adam Williams | Larry Gordon |
Howard Wendell | Police Commissioner Higgins |
Chris Alcaide | George Rose |
Michael Granger | Hugo (police clerk) |
Dorothy Green | Lucy Chapman |
Carolyn Jones | Doris |
Ric Roman | Baldy |
Dan Seymour | Mr. Atkins |
Edith Evanson | Selma Parker |
Henry Vars | Composer |
Charles Lang | Cinematographer |
Charles Nelson | Editor |
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Media: DVD
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0045555