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The Big Heat(Movie, 1953)

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| 1h 29min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Big HeatRating: 3.8/5 (with 203203 votes)
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime film 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 inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011. ()
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Duration: 1h 30min
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About The Big Heat

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/14/1953
Director: Fritz Lang
Producer: Robert Arthur
Film Editor: Charles Nelson
Director of Photography: Charles Lang
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"De schrik op het lijf"
"Os Corruptos"
"伟大的警察"
"酷热"
"Heißes Eisen"
"Jeg er loven"
"Els subornats"
"Los sobornados"
"Gangsterikuningas"
"Lain puolustajat"
"Règlement de comptes"
"I megali kapsa"
"Ta fota esvysan noris"
"To megalo ktypima"
"Η μεγάλη κάψα"
"Búcsúlevél"
"Il grande caldo"
"Io, la legge"
"Fukushû wa ore ni makasero"
"復讐は俺に任せろ"
"Los sobornados"
"Tot het bittere einde"
"Jeg er loven"
"Bannion"
"Corrupção"
"Marea căldură"
"Veliko uzbudjenje"
"Polishämnaren"
"Сильная жара"
"Ölüm Korkusu"
"火線密殺令"
"Велика спека"
"Los sobornados"
"Cái Nóng Oi Ả"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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