The Big Heat
1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
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.
Direction Fritz Lang
Cast Glenn Ford · Gloria Grahame · Lee Marvin · Jocelyn Brando · Alexander Scourby · Jeanette Nolan · Peter Whitney · Willis Bouchey · Robert Burton · Adam Williams · Howard Wendell · Chris Alcaide
Soundtrack Daniele Amfitheatrof
Screenplay Sydney Boehm · William P. McGivern
Cinematography Charles Lang
Original title The Big Heat
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