The Big Heat
514 reviews
Crime/Thriller
1h 29m
1953
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.
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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.
- DirectorFritz Lang
- Release14 October 1953
- Genre
- Duration1h 29m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate514 reviews
- Productions
Columbia Pictures
Cast

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

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)

Charles Cane
Police Guard Outside Lagana Home (uncredited)

Byron Kane
Police Surgeon (uncredited)

Phil Chambers
Hettrick (uncredited)

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

John Doucette
Mark Reiner (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)

Paul Maxey
George Fuller (uncredited)

Joseph Mell
Medical Examiner (uncredited)

William Murphy
Reds (uncredited)
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