The Big Heat
(1953)

A hard cop and a soft dame.

Released: 1953-10-14

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Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.

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Glenn Ford

as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion

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Gloria Grahame

as Debby Marsh

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Lee Marvin

as Vince Stone

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Jeanette Nolan

as Bertha Duncan

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Alexander Scourby

as Mike Lagana

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Jocelyn Brando

as Katie Bannion

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Peter Whitney

as Tierney

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Willis Bouchey

as Lt. Ted Wilks

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Robert Burton

as Det. Gus Burke

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Adam Williams

as Larry Gordon

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Carolyn Jones

as Doris

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Howard Wendell

as Police Commissioner Higgins

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Chris Alcaide

as George Rose

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Michael Granger

as Hugo

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Dorothy Green

as Lucy Chapman

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Ric Roman

as Baldy

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Dan Seymour

as Mr. Atkins

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Edith Evanson

as Selma Parker

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Harry Lauter

as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)

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Michael Ross

as Segal (uncredited)

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Arthur Morton

Original Music Composer

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Sydney Boehm

Screenplay

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Fritz Lang

Director

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Robert Arthur

Producer

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William P. McGivern

Original Story

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Jean Louis

Costume Design

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Henry Vars

Original Music Composer

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Charles Lang

Director of Photography

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Robert Peterson

Art Direction

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Milton Feldman

Assistant Director

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George Cooper

Sound Engineer

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William Kiernan

Set Decoration

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Charles Nelson

Editor

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Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Music Director

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Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

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Clay Campbell

Makeup Artist

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