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The Big Heat
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A police officer seems to have committed suicide, but Detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) thinks there's more to the story. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Dave works outside the law's confines, obsessively search for the truth.
A police officer seems to have committed suicide, but Detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) thinks there's more to the story. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Dave works outside the law's confines, obsessively search for the truth.
Actors:
Herbert Lytton,
Howard Wendell,
Laura Mason,
Edith Evanson,
Gloria Grahame,
Charles Cane,
Ric Roman,
Fritz Ford,
Dorothy Green,
Linda Bennett,
John Crawford,
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Herbert Lytton
9 December 1897, Falmouth, Kentucky, USA
Howard Wendell
25 January 1908, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Laura Mason
August 10, 1924 in Santa Cruz, California, USA
Edith Evanson
29 April 1896, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Gloria Grahame
28 November 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA
Charles Cane
18 April 1899, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Ric Roman
29 September 1916, New York, USA
Fritz Ford
12 November 1927, Reading, Ohio, USA
Dorothy Green
12 January 1920, Los Angeles, California, USA
Linda Bennett
December 12, 1946 in Kentucky, USA
John Crawford
13 September 1920, Colfax, Washington, USA
Director:
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
5 December 1890, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Country:
United States
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April 09, 2008
Lang presents one of the great works of film noir. The acting is first rate, Boehm's script tough and efficient, and the whole affair is photographed with the appropriate expressionist, chiaroscuro lighting.
April 09, 2008
Brutal, atmospheric, and exciting -- highly recommended.
April 08, 2007
One of Lang's most accomplished and influential noir crimers, with a top-notch turn from Glenn Ford as the avenging cop-angel, a role that Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry) and Charles Bronson (Death Wish) would develop in their 1970s revenge thrillers.
Chicago Tribune
July 20, 2002
In many ways, Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, scripted by former crime reporter Sydney Boehm, laid the groundwork not only for "Dirty Harry," but for the whole sub-genre of 'rogue cop' films that began to surface during the Vietnam era.
April 09, 2008
A scalding face-full of harsh reality, courtesy Fritz Lang.
May 22, 2012
For those who take their film black...Moral rot gets full play in Lang's 1953 police drama. [Blu-ray]
April 09, 2008
Ford's portrayal of the homicide sergeant is honest and packs much wallop. Lang's direction builds taut suspense, throwing unexpected, and believable, thrills at the audience.
January 20, 2006
That's the beauty of Lang's moral ambidexterity. He tells the story of a heroic cop, while using it to mask another story, so much darker, beneath.
July 25, 2009
Everything about "The Big Heat" is "hard boiled."
June 24, 2006
Lang strips down William P McGivern's novel to essentials, giving the story a narrative drive as efficient and powerful as a handgun.
December 05, 2009
Fritz Lang, once the master of grand expressionist scenes, directs with a stripped down style and a lean narrative drive...
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Mr. Lang can direct a film. He has put his mind to it, in this instance, and he has brought forth a hot one with a sting.