The Big Heat

     

The Big Heat1953

Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Rating: NOT RATED
Runtime: 89 minutes

The Big Heat is a 1953 film noir directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Jocelyn Brando, and featuring Lee Marvin. It centers on a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city. The film was written by former cr… more »


Lt. Ted Wilks:
It was bad judgment to bother a cop's widow about the love life of her husband.

Dave Bannion:
Good or bad, it was my judgment.

Lt. Ted Wilks:
You're missing the point. I'm the one that gets the pressure calls from upstairs. I'm the one that has to explain. You don't keep an office like this very long stepping on a lot of corns.

Dave Bannion:
You want me to go upstairs and explain?

Lt. Ted Wilks:
Not you. You're a corn stepper by instinct.

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