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The Big Heat (1953)

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Original title: Big Heat, The


DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 18, 2001

Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes

Country USA

Production Companies
Columbia Pictures Corporation

Studio Columbia Pictures

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Other Titles
• The Big Heat (1953)
• Heißes Eisen (1954)



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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Film-Noir, Drama, Gangsters, Thieves, Suspense, Detectives, Revenge, Police, Marriage, Blackmail, Cult Classic, Murder, Femme Fatale

Tagline: From The Shock Packed Saturday Evening Post Seria l!

Plot: THE BIG HEAT, Fritz Lang's most celebrated American film, is a chilling and violent tale of corruption, vengeance, and loss. Dave Bannion, played by distinguished Film Noir actor Glenn Ford, 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 (Gloria Grahame). 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. The violence comes suddenly and unrelentingly, as Lang explodes the stripped down story with economic yet forceful cinematography and editing, and gritty yet emotionally gripping performances from Ford and Grahame.

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 Directed by
Fritz Lang
M, Metropolis, Fury
 Written by
Sydney Boehm
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William P. McGivern
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 Cast
Glenn Ford
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Lee Marvin
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Gloria Grahame
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Jocelyn Brando
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Alexander Scourby
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Jeanette Nolan
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Peter Whitney
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 Music By
Daniele Amfitheatrof
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Arthur Morton
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Henry Vars
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