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The Big Heat

1953 · Released · 89 min · United States

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Action Drama Mystery Film Noir

The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city. William P. McGivern's serial in The Saturday Evening Post, published as a novel in 1953, was the basis for the screenplay, written by former crime reporter Sydney Boehm. The film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011.

Director
Fritz Lang

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Release date
14 October 1953 · Released
Runtime
89 min
Country of origin
United States
Languages
English
Genres
Action · Drama · Mystery · Film Noir
Also known as
Deutsch
Heisses Eisen
Español
Los sobornados
Français
Règlement de comptes
Italiano
Il grande caldo
日本語
復讐は俺に任せろ
한국어
빅 히트
Polski
Bannion
Themes
suicide ↗

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