The Big Heat

(1953)

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Synopsis

Film-noir thriller about a rogue homicide detective who undertakes a one-man vendetta against mobsters who killed his wife. He gets surprise support from a gangster's moll, disfigured in a famous screen scene in which she has scalding coffee thrown in her face.

Directors

Fritz Lang, Charles Nelson, Jean Louis, Robert Peterson, George Cooper, Robert Arthur

Production year

1953

Rating

TV-14

Studio

Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

Runtime

89 minutes

Cast

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin