Directed by:
Fritz LangScreenplay:
Sydney BoehmCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Henry VarsCast:
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell (more)Plots(1)
Dave Bannion is an upright cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters' payroll. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Bannion becomes a furious force of vengeance and justice, aided along the way by the gangster's spurned girlfriend Debbie. As Bannion and Debbie fall further and further into the Gangland's insidious and brutal trap, they must use any means necessary (including murder) to get to the truth. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
Glenn Ford
Canada
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Gilda (1946)
Texas (1941)
Gloria Grahame
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sudden Fear (1952)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Jocelyn Brando
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
The Chase (1966)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Alexander Scourby
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Giant (1956)
The Big Heat (1953)
Lee Marvin
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Jeanette Nolan
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Big Heat (1953)
Peter Whitney
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Big Heat (1953)
Willis Bouchey
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Adam Williams
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Lonely Man (1957)
Howard Wendell
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Carolyn Jones
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
The Big Heat (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Dan Seymour
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
John Doucette
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Harry Lauter
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
Showdown (1963)
Charles Cane
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Big Heat (1953)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Michael Jeffers
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
Dorothy Green
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
Them! (1954)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Ric Roman
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Big Heat (1953)