Movie
The Big Heat
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1953-10-14
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Glenn Ford as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
- Gloria Grahame as Debby Marsh
- Jocelyn Brando as Katie Bannion
- Alexander Scourby as Mike Lagana
- Lee Marvin as Vince Stone
- Jeanette Nolan as Bertha Duncan
- Peter Whitney as Tierney
- Willis Bouchey as Lt. Ted Wilks
- Robert Burton as Det. Gus Burke
- Adam Williams as Larry Gordon
- Howard Wendell as Police Commissioner Higgins
- Chris Alcaide as George Rose
Crew
- Fritz Lang - Director
- Sydney Boehm - Screenplay
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