The Big Heat (1953)

Movie Details

Original Title The Big Heat

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.0

Cast

Glenn Ford

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Popularity: 1.6

Gloria Grahame

Debby Marsh

Popularity: 0.7

Lee Marvin

Vince Stone

Popularity: 1.5

Jeanette Nolan

Bertha Duncan

Popularity: 6.3

Alexander Scourby

Mike Lagana

Popularity: 0.3

Jocelyn Brando

Katie Bannion

Popularity: 0.3

Peter Whitney

Tierney

Popularity: 0.9

Willis Bouchey

Lt. Ted Wilks

Popularity: 3.0

Robert Burton

Det. Gus Burke

Popularity: 0.3

Adam Williams

Larry Gordon

Popularity: 4.5

Carolyn Jones

Doris

Popularity: 1.0

Howard Wendell

Police Commissioner Higgins

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Producer Robert Arthur

Director Fritz Lang

Screenplay Sydney Boehm

Editor Charles Nelson

Production

Columbia Pictures

Videos & Trailers

The Big Heat (1953) Original Trailer [FHD]

Trailer

Jonathan Kaplan on THE BIG HEAT

Featurette

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Keywords

suicide police gangster homicide car bomb cop revenge film noir death wrecking yard patrol car crime syndicate mob

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Dec 21, 2019

Fritz Lang deals nicely in obsession and corruption. Detective Dave Bannion is investigating the suicide of corrupt cop Tom Duncan. As he gets deeper, and his colleagues get nervous, his wife is inadvertently killed by a car bomb that was meant for him, he turns from mannered family man into a v ... Read more

griggs79 9/10

Dec 2, 2024

_The Big Heat_ is a blistering slice of film noir; its shocking violence—especially the infamous coffee-throwing scene—still jolts in its cruelty, surpassing most of its contemporaries. Fritz Lang crafts a relentlessly dark narrative of corruption and vengeance, with Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvi ... Read more