The Big Heat (1953)

19531h 30mdir. Fritz LangUnited States of Americavigilante filmfilm noir

With Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Carolyn Jones, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton

Directed by Fritz Lang

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The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city.

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