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The Big Heat

The Big Heat

A hard cop and a soft dame.

1953•1h 29m•7.7/10
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7.7/10(544)

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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Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Debby Marsh

Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn Brando

Katie Bannion

Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

Mike Lagana

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Vince Stone

Jeanette Nolan

Jeanette Nolan

Bertha Duncan

Peter Whitney

Peter Whitney

Tierney

Willis Bouchey

Willis Bouchey

Lt. Ted Wilks

Robert Burton

Robert Burton

Det. Gus Burke

Adam Williams

Adam Williams

Larry Gordon

Howard Wendell

Howard Wendell

Police Commissioner Higgins

Chris Alcaide

Chris Alcaide

George Rose

Michael Granger

Michael Granger

Hugo

Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green

Lucy Chapman

Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones

Doris

Ric Roman

Baldy

Dan Seymour

Mr. Atkins

Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Selma Parker

Phil Arnold

Phil Arnold

Nick (uncredited)

Linda Bennett

Linda Bennett

Joyce Bannion (uncredited)

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