Glenn Ford
Det. Sgt. Dave ...
Tagline
A hard cop and a soft dame.
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.
Screenplay
Sydney Boehm
Director
Fritz Lang
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Original Language
English
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Cast
Gloria Grahame
Debby Marsh
Lee Marvin
Vince Stone
Jeanette Nolan
Bertha Duncan
Alexander Scourb...
Mike Lagana
Jocelyn Brando
Katie Bannion
Peter Whitney
Tierney
Willis Bouchey
Lt. Ted Wilks
Robert Burton
Det. Gus Burke
Adam Williams
Larry Gordon
Carolyn Jones
Doris
Howard Wendell
Police Commissi...
Chris Alcaide
George Rose
Michael Granger
Hugo
Dorothy Green
Lucy Chapman
Ric Roman
Baldy
Dan Seymour
Mr. Atkins
Edith Evanson
Selma Parker
Harry Lauter
Hank O'Connell ...
Michael Ross
Segal (uncredit...
Phil Arnold
Retreat Waiter ...
Sidney Clute
Retreat Bartend...
Michael Jeffers
Retreat Patron ...
Linda Bennett
Joyce Bannion (...
Charles Cane
Police Guard Ou...
Byron Kane
Police Surgeon ...
John Close
Policeman (uncr...
Phil Chambers
Hettrick (uncre...
John Crawford
Al - Bannion's ...
John Doucette
Mark Reiner (un...
Al Eben
Harry Shoenstei...
Douglas Evans
Councilman Gill...
Fritz Ford
Sailor (uncredi...
Donald Kerr
Cabby (uncredit...
Lyle Latell
Moving Man (unc...
John Merton
Man (uncredited...
Celia Lovsky
Lagana's Mother...
Ted Stanhope
Lagana's Butler...
Herbert Lytton
Martin (uncredi...
Mike Mahoney
Dixon (uncredit...
Laura Mason
B-Girl (uncredi...
Paul Maxey
George Fuller (...
Joseph Mell
Medical Examine...
Patrick Miller
Intern (uncredi...
William Murphy
Reds (uncredite...
Ezelle Poule
Mrs Tucker (unc...
Norma Randall
Jill (uncredite...
Robert Stevenson
Bill Rutherford...
William Vedder
Janitor (uncred...
Featured Reviews
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 i ...Show More
_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 cra ...Show More
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