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The Big Heat

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Calorie Rating: 125
Released: 1953-10-14
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Studios: Columbia Pictures,


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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.

Director / Directors

Fritz Lang
Director
Milton Feldman
Assistant Director


Cast

Glenn Ford
Character: Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Gloria Grahame
Character: Debby Marsh
Lee Marvin
Character: Vince Stone

Jeanette Nolan
Character: Bertha Duncan
Alexander Scourby
Character: Mike Lagana
Jocelyn Brando
Character: Katie Bannion

Peter Whitney
Character: Tierney
Willis Bouchey
Character: Lt. Ted Wilks
Robert Burton
Character: Det. Gus Burke

Adam Williams
Character: Larry Gordon
Carolyn Jones
Character: Doris
Howard Wendell
Character: Police Commissioner Higgins

Chris Alcaide
Character: George Rose
Michael Granger
Character: Hugo
Dorothy Green
Character: Lucy Chapman

Ric Roman
Character: Baldy
Dan Seymour
Character: Mr. Atkins
Edith Evanson
Character: Selma Parker

Harry Lauter
Character: Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Michael Ross
Character: Segal (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Character: Retreat Waiter (uncredited)

Sidney Clute
Character: Retreat Bartender (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Character: Retreat Patron (uncredited)
Linda Bennett
Character: Joyce Bannion (uncredited)

Charles Cane
Character: Police Guard Outside Lagana Home (uncredited)
Byron Kane
Character: Police Surgeon (uncredited)
John Close
Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Phil Chambers
Character: Hettrick (uncredited)
John Crawford
Character: Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
John Doucette
Character: Mark Reiner (uncredited)

Al Eben
Character: Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
Character: Councilman Gillen (uncredited)
Fritz Ford
Character: Sailor (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Character: Cabby (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Character: Moving Man (uncredited)
John Merton
Character: Man (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky
Character: Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Character: Lagana's Butler (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Character: Martin (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney
Character: Dixon (uncredited)
Laura Mason
Character: B-Girl (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Character: George Fuller (uncredited)

Joseph Mell
Character: Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Patrick Miller
Character: Intern (uncredited)
William Murphy
Character: Reds (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule
Character: Mrs Tucker (uncredited)
Norma Randall
Character: Jill (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Character: Bill Rutherford (uncredited)

William Vedder
Character: Janitor (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Arthur Morton
Original Music Composer
Sydney Boehm
Screenplay

William P. McGivern
Original Story
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Henry Vars
Original Music Composer

Jean Louis
Costume Design
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Music Director

William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Robert Peterson
Art Direction
Clay Campbell
Makeup Artist

George Cooper
Sound Engineer
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist