Oct 14, 1953
89 min
Full-HD

The Big Heat (1953)

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

Category

Crime Thriller

Country

United States of America

Companies

Columbia Pictures

Glenn Ford

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

Gloria Grahame

Debby Marsh

Lee Marvin

Vince Stone

Jeanette Nolan

Bertha Duncan

Alexander Scourby

Mike Lagana

Jocelyn Brando

Katie Bannion

Peter Whitney

Tierney

Willis Bouchey

Lt. Ted Wilks

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