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  Ford, Glenn
Jones, Carolyn
  Lang, Fritz
Marvin, Lee
   


} A Heavy Heat occurs as 1953 Fritz Lang-directed motion film drama shot in black & white. Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) is a honorable pig world health organization learns that one of his fellow officers has committed suicide. When Bannion digs deeper into what at present he suspects occurs as execution, he becomes additional & further caused to solve a mystery. He keeps dig potentially whenever a mobster violence & terror strike a chord. Critical reaction
Critical reaction to the film was caring once it was freed, & in todays world A Large Heat is considered the classic. Film critic Roger Ebert lists the film within his [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20040606%2FREVIEWS08%2F406060302%2F1023&AID1=&AID2=%2F20040606%2FREVIEWS08%2F406060302%2F1023 100 Greats Films]. Inside Ebert's view he praises a films supporting actors & questions a actions of the apparently straight-victorian Bannion: ''"Does it ever occur to him that he is at least partly responsible for their deaths? No, apparently it doesn't, and that's one reason the film is so insidiously chilling; he continues on his mission oblivious to its cost."

Cast
Glenn Ford as Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion Gloria Grahame as Debby Marsh Jocelyn Brando as Katie Bannion Alexander Scourby as Mike Lagana Lee Marvin as Vince Stone Jeanette Nolan as Bertha Duncan Adam Williams plays Larry, the car bomber. Film tagline
Individual's Running to Earnings...because he forgot to stamp out maine...''

Percolating Paranoia - The Big Heat
Jans Wager claims Fritz Lang brings the terrors of film noir into the bright kitchens of America.

The Big Heat (1953)
Detailed review, synopsis and discussion of the film

The Big Heat
TV Guide Online review calls this a "scalding face-full of harsh reality, courtesy Fritz Lang."

The Big Heat (1953)
Cast and credits from the Internet Movie Database.

The Big Heat (1953)
DVD review by Dan Heaton of "one of the top film noir classics."

The Big Heat
Cast, crew, plot synopsis and review from the All Movie Guide.


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