The Big Heat (1953)
A hard cop and a soft dame.
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.
Rated
PG
Year
1953
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
14 October 1953
TMDB
7.7 (575)
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Ratings
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Glenn Ford
Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Gloria Grahame
Debby Marsh
Jocelyn Brando
Katie Bannion
Alexander Scourby
Mike Lagana
Lee Marvin
Vince Stone
Jeanette Nolan
Bertha Duncan
Peter Whitney
Tierney
Willis Bouchey
Lt. Ted Wilks
Robert Burton
Det. Gus Burke
Adam Williams
Larry Gordon
Howard Wendell
Police Commissioner Higgins
Chris Alcaide
George Rose
Michael Granger
Hugo
Dorothy Green
Lucy Chapman
Carolyn Jones
Doris
R
Ric Roman
Baldy
D
Dan Seymour
Mr. Atkins
Edith Evanson
Selma Parker
Phil Arnold
Nick (uncredited)
Linda Bennett
Joyce Bannion (uncredited)
Charles Cane
Hopkins (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Hettrick (uncredited)
J
Jack R. Clinton
Retreat Patron (uncredited)
J
John Close
Policeman (uncredited)
Sidney Clute
Retreat Bartender (uncredited)
John Crawford
Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
John Doucette
Mark Reiner (uncredited)
K
Kathryn Eames
Marge (uncredited)
A
Al Eben
Harry Shoenstein (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
Councilman Gillen (uncredited)
Fritz Ford
Sailor (uncredited)
J
Jimmy Gray
Man (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Retreat Patron (uncredited)
Byron Kane
Dr. Jones (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Cabby (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Moving Man (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
N
Nico Lek
Canteen Patron (uncredited)
Celia Lovsky
Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Martin (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Dixon (uncredited)
L
Laura Mason
B-Girl (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
George Fuller (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Dr. Kane (uncredited)
John Merton
Man (uncredited)
P
Patrick Miller
Intern (uncredited)
William Murphy
Reds (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
Mrs Tucker (uncredited)
N
Norma Randall
Jill (uncredited)
Michael Ross
Segal (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Lagana's Butler (uncredited)
R
Robert Stevenson
Bill Rutherford (uncredited)
W
William Vedder
Janitor (uncredited)
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