The Big Heat
A hard cop and a soft dame.
7.7(563) 1953-10-14 89 minCrimeThriller
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
ScreenplaySydney Boehm
ProducerRobert Arthur
Original Music ComposerHenry Vars
Original Music ComposerArthur Morton
Cast & characters
Glenn Ford
as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Gloria Grahame
as Debby Marsh
Jocelyn Brando
as Katie Bannion
Alexander Scourby
as Mike Lagana
Lee Marvin
as Vince Stone
Jeanette Nolan
as Bertha Duncan
Peter Whitney
as Tierney
Willis Bouchey
as Lt. Ted Wilks
Robert Burton
as Det. Gus Burke
Adam Williams
as Larry Gordon
Howard Wendell
as Police Commissioner Higgins
Chris Alcaide
as George Rose
Michael Granger
as Hugo
Dorothy Green
as Lucy Chapman
Carolyn Jones
as Doris
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Ric Roman
as Baldy
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Dan Seymour
as Mr. Atkins
Edith Evanson
as Selma Parker
Phil Arnold
as Nick (uncredited)
Linda Bennett
as Joyce Bannion (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Hopkins (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
as Hettrick (uncredited)
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Jack R. Clinton
as Retreat Patron (uncredited)
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John Close
as Policeman (uncredited)
