The Big Heat

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.

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Gloria Grahame

as Debby Marsh

Lee Marvin

as Vince Stone

Jeanette Nolan

as Bertha Duncan

Alexander Scourby

as Mike Lagana

Jocelyn Brando

as Katie Bannion

Peter Whitney

as Tierney

Willis Bouchey

as Lt. Ted Wilks

Robert Burton

as Det. Gus Burke

Adam Williams

as Larry Gordon

Reviews

John Chard

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...

griggs79

_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 Marvin de...

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