The Big Heat - Director Fritz Lang - English OV

The Big Heat, American crime film, released in Protected content , that was called the “definitive film noir” by critic Pauline Kael. 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. 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 police brass. When Bannion’s wife is murdered, he teams up with an abused mob mistress to exact vengeance.

Ford has one of his most impressive leading roles and enjoys considerable screen chemistry with Gloria Grahame as the ill-treated mob moll. Lee Marvin makes an early screen appearance as a sadistic gangster.