The Big Heat(Movie, 1953)

Name: The Big Heat
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1953
Duration: T01:29:00
Rating: 3.8

1h 29min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 203 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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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)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California)

Made by: Columbia Pictures

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 GR: 10/14/1953

Cast: Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Carolyn Jones, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Celia Lovsky, Dorothy Green, Edith Evanson, Peter Whitney, Adam Williams, Glenn Ford, Dan Seymour, Harry Lauter, John Crawford, Ric Roman, Sidney Clute, Chris Alcaide, Phil Arnold, Howard Wendell

Director: Fritz Lang

Producer: Robert Arthur

Screenwriter: Sydney Boehm, William P. McGivern, Fritz Lang

Film Editor: Charles Nelson

Director of Photography: Charles Lang

Composer: Mischa Bakaleinikoff

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"

Keywords: film noir, death, police, crime syndicate, car bomb, cop, revenge, gangster, homicide, patrol car, suicide, mob, wrecking yard

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Big Heat(Movie, 1953)

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Trailer for The Big Heat + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Big Heat (1953) Original Trailer [FHD](Trailer, 1:44)

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