The Big Heat

The Big Heat
1953CrimeThriller89 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.

  • Fritz Lang

    Director

  • Sydney Boehm

    Screenplay

  • William P. McGivern

    Original Story

  • Charles Lang

    Director of Photography

  • Charles Nelson

    Editor

  • Glenn Ford

    Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

  • Gloria Grahame

    Debby Marsh

  • Lee Marvin

    Vince Stone

  • Jeanette Nolan

    Bertha Duncan

  • Alexander Scourby

    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 Commissioner Higgins

  • 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 (uncredited)

  • Michael Ross

    Segal (uncredited)

  • Phil Arnold

    Retreat Waiter (uncredited)

  • Sidney Clute

    Retreat Bartender (uncredited)

  • Michael Jeffers

    Retreat Patron (uncredited)

  • Linda Bennett

    Joyce Bannion (uncredited)

  • Charles Cane

    Police Guard Outside Lagana Home (uncredited)

  • Byron Kane

    Police Surgeon (uncredited)

  • John Close

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Phil Chambers

    Hettrick (uncredited)

  • John Crawford

    Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)

  • John Doucette

    Mark Reiner (uncredited)

  • Al Eben

    Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)

  • Douglas Evans

    Councilman Gillen (uncredited)

  • Fritz Ford

    Sailor (uncredited)

  • Donald Kerr

    Cabby (uncredited)

  • Lyle Latell

    Moving Man (uncredited)

  • John Merton

    Man (uncredited)

  • Celia Lovsky

    Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)

  • Ted Stanhope

    Lagana's Butler (uncredited)

  • Herbert Lytton

    Martin (uncredited)

  • Mike Mahoney

    Dixon (uncredited)

    • 4.0

    Runtime

    89 minutes

    Released

    1953-10-14

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • Arthur Morton

    Original Music Composer

  • Henry Vars

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    189 days ago

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