The Big Heat
Fritz Lang / US, 1953 / 90 min.
Glenn Ford as the irreproachable chief inspector, Lee Marvin as the bad guy and Gloria Grahame as the sarcastic gangster’s moll. But are the roles set in stone? Fritz Lang’s film noir is set in the suburbs of 1950s America and illustrates the porous boundary between everyday life and the world of crime.
Inspector Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) tries to bring down an influential mob boss and his sadistic right-hand man (Lee Marvin). The city’s crime syndicate tries to hamper Bannion’s investigation which forces the inspector to respond in kind to his low life opponents.
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Director
Fritz Lang
Production year
1953
Country
US
Original title
The Big Heat
Length
90 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Film Noir
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