The Big Heat
Fritz Lang / US, 1953 / 89 min.
Classic from Columbia Pictures, which recently celebrated its centenary. Acclaimed film noir by refugee from Nazi Germany Fritz Lang, with Glenn Ford as a hard-boiled police inspector and Lee Marvin as the villain, revealing the porous boundary between the legitimate world and the underworld.
Police Inspector Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) tries to bring down an influential mafia boss and his sadistic henchman (Lee Marvin). This doesn’t go smoothly: the crime syndicate do everything they can to sabotage Bannion’s investigation; the inspector finally feels obliged to resort to the same immoral methods as his sadistic low-life opponents.
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Director
Fritz Lang
Production year
1953
Country
US
Original title
The Big Heat
Length
89 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
The Lady with the Torch
Legendary Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures is celebrating its centenary, and we’re marking the occasion with a rich programme on the company’s glory days. The films, including rediscoveries and surprising, seldom-seen B movies, show that art and commerce need not be mutually exclusive.
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