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The Big Heat

A hard cop and a soft dame.

  • Movie
  • 1953
  • 1h 29m

Directed by Fritz Lang

7.7

TMDB audience rating
7.7 out of 10 from 587 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Glenn Ford

    Glenn FordDet. Sgt. Dave Bannion

  • Gloria Grahame

    Gloria GrahameDebby Marsh

  • Jocelyn Brando

    Jocelyn BrandoKatie Bannion

  • Alexander Scourby

    Alexander ScourbyMike Lagana

  • Lee Marvin

    Lee MarvinVince Stone

  • Jeanette Nolan

    Jeanette NolanBertha Duncan

  • Peter Whitney

    Peter WhitneyTierney

  • Willis Bouchey

    Willis BoucheyLt. Ted Wilks

  • Robert Burton

    Robert BurtonDet. Gus Burke

  • Adam Williams

    Adam WilliamsLarry Gordon

  • Howard Wendell

    Howard WendellPolice Commissioner Higgins

  • Chris Alcaide

    Chris AlcaideGeorge Rose

  • Michael Granger

    Michael GrangerHugo

  • Dorothy Green

    Dorothy GreenLucy Chapman

  • Carolyn Jones

    Carolyn JonesDoris

  • Ric RomanBaldy

  • Dan SeymourMr. Atkins

  • Edith Evanson

    Edith EvansonSelma Parker

Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Sydney Boehm
Music
Henry Vars and Arthur Morton
Cinematography
Charles Lang