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The Big Heat (1953)

Name: The Big Heat
Rating: 7.9

Crime drama

An honest policeman is determined to bust police corruption and the stranglehold of the Mafia. At first he innocently begins investigating the Mafia-related killing of a fellow officer, but things turn nasty when his wife is killed in a car bomb blast meant for him, his child is threatened with kidnapping and he loses his job.

IMDb7.9

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Fritz LangDirector
Glenn FordDet. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Gloria GrahameDebby Marsh
Jocelyn BrandoKatie Bannion
Alexander ScourbyMike Lagana
Lee MarvinVince Stone
Jeanette NolanBertha Duncan
Peter WhitneyTierney
Willis BoucheyLt. Ted Wilks
Robert BurtonDet. Gus Burke
Adam WilliamsLarry Gordon
Howard WendellPolice Commissioner Higgins
Chris AlcaideGeorge Rose
Michael GrangerHugo (police clerk)
Dorothy GreenLucy Chapman
Carolyn JonesDoris

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