Glenn Ford plays a straight-arrow police detective named Bannion in Fritz Lang's 'The Big Heat' (1953) -- unbending, courageous, fearless. He takes on the criminals who control the politics in his town and defeats them. Overview of The Big Heat, 1953, directed by Fritz Lang, with Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, at Turner Classic Movies.
It is also regarded as one of the highlights of director Fritz Lang’s career. Homicide detective Dave Bannion (played by Glenn Ford) is investigating the suicide of a fellow police officer. The dead man’s mistress tells Bannion that her lover could never have killed himself.
4.5 out of 5 stars 137. Starring: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, et al. Directed by: Fritz Lang. Runtime: 1 hr 29 mins. Dave Bannion is an upright but unscrupulous 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.
Bannion investigates the matter and follows a trail of corruption that leads to a local mob leader and city officials on the take only to find that his own life has been targeted by corrupt ..
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- Official theatrical movie poster (#1 of 6) for The Big Heat (1953). Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby.
- Famous scene in which gangster Vince (Lee Marvin) freaks out and burns girlfriend Debbie (Gloria Grahame) with hot coffee, in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.
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